How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which... 90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our pocket of excellence is that 75% of [American] students have learned to critique tactfully?.
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I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country read more
I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his read more
When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.
Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean.
(on sportswriters)
Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean.
(on sportswriters)
Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.
Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.
Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white read more
Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.
We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you read more
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
Those who complain how the ball bounces are often the ones who dropped it.
Those who complain how the ball bounces are often the ones who dropped it.
