Doctor or Athlete

Doctor or Athlete “I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective. I don't want a football player who doesn't take defeat to heart, who laughs it off with the thought, 'Oh, well, there's another Saturday.' The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid …

…any person who understands that sports are a game or an entertainment. “In the future greatness of Griffey and Rodriguez is conceded, perhaps they can truly cement their claims by taking a stand against the obscene salaries players are now demanding. By tking such a stand, while still being paid a lot of money for their services, Griffey and Rodriguez could be the players who bring some small bit of rationality back to baseball economics.