As I was browsing around for articles on tonights Bengals/Ravens game I ran across this article and this quote.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../
"I mean, this isn't a soft sport. We don't play chess. This isn't swimming. This isn't one of those kind of sports. It's football. It takes a man to play this game, and to play this game you have to have passion.''
I had to laugh.
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What???? There is no Diamond Lane in NASCAR? That is unsafe!!!
Donna
:rofl:
Nope, no diamond lane. Not to totally hijack the thread, it's especially fun to watch 'em three or four wide on a super speedway at 180 mph, probably less than 12" apart. Talk about skills ... I've had my car up to over 135 mph (on a nice smooth straight stretch of deserted highway) and found I was concentrating very closely on every little thing that happened. But, that's nothing compared to the kind of concentration it takes to do that at even higher speeds with others so close!! They are amazing folks.
As to auto racing being pointless, I believe one could say that about just about any spectator sport. And, there are no doubt many folks who would find watching swimming to be pretty dull, too. Thus, we only get to see it on TV at Olympics time.
Participating is different of course.
Someday I'd like to take a shot at one of the high performance driving schools or perhaps Richard Petty's NASCAR "u-drive" experience.
Until then, swimming has to feed my need for adrenalin!!
Ken
What???? There is no Diamond Lane in NASCAR? That is unsafe!!!
Donna
:rofl:
Nope, no diamond lane. Not to totally hijack the thread, it's especially fun to watch 'em three or four wide on a super speedway at 180 mph, probably less than 12" apart. Talk about skills ... I've had my car up to over 135 mph (on a nice smooth straight stretch of deserted highway) and found I was concentrating very closely on every little thing that happened. But, that's nothing compared to the kind of concentration it takes to do that at even higher speeds with others so close!! They are amazing folks.
As to auto racing being pointless, I believe one could say that about just about any spectator sport. And, there are no doubt many folks who would find watching swimming to be pretty dull, too. Thus, we only get to see it on TV at Olympics time.
Participating is different of course.
Someday I'd like to take a shot at one of the high performance driving schools or perhaps Richard Petty's NASCAR "u-drive" experience.
Until then, swimming has to feed my need for adrenalin!!
Ken
