“If you have a body, you are an athlete”

“The modesty of the athletic body which is contented with its perfection You could limit your human existence to filling your shape with a muscle("Tennis")”

“Athletes don’t have much use for poking around in their childhoods, because, introspection doesn’t get you anywhere in a race.”

“In sport the mind serves as the acolyte and apprentice of the body. Nothing interferes with the flow of the game more than the athlete who obsesses about his every move on the court. You move, you react, you recover, you drive, and the thinking is seamless and invisible in the secret codes of your game.”

“You are not a body. You have a body. You are a soul.”

“Why is luge a sport? You dress up like a giant sperm and go sledding really fast. That’s hardly athletic. Phallic and sexy, yes. But hardly athletic.”