-- Author Unknown
It was with great pride and joy to watch the Colts, led by Head Coach - Tony Dungy, win their trip to the Super Bowl. While, not a big football follower, there was good reason and insight to support and cheer with enthusiasm for Tony Dungy's Colts team?
Football
"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any." -- Erk Russell / Georgia Southern.
"Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas." -- Seen on a church sign in Arkansas prior to the 1969 game.
"After you retire, there's only one big event left... and I ain't ready for that." -- Bobby Bowden / Florida State
Greatest Headline in the History of Sports Journalism
Author Unknown – Submitted by Clark Britt, AΦ ’62
Happy Dicks was a linebacker at the University of Georgia in the mid-60's, which will make this article about the journalist from Georgia, the late, Lewis Grizzard, AΦ ’68, that much funnier.
A Dose of Positive Attitude
-- Author Unknown
Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Life Quiz
You don't actually have to take the quiz. Just read this straight through and you'll get the point...
Here's the first quiz:
1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.
Thanksgiving
"Thanksgiving speaks in clear, crisp tones of forgotten terms, like integrity - bravery - respect - freedom - discipline - sacrifice - godliness." -- Charles R. Swindoll
"We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count." -- Neil A. Maxwell
"Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness." -- Robert Casper Lintner
‘Helping Others’ Quotes
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
Anne Frank
"Look up and not down. Look forward and not back. Look out and not in, and lend a hand."
Edward Everett Hale
"When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble."
Bob Hope
Quotations About Mothers
"A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap. " -- Danish Proverb
"Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. " -- Charles R. Swindoll
"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money." -- Abigail Van Buren
"My mother was the making of me." (Thomas Alva Edison)
Falling for Richt
By Mark Bradley - Staff Writer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(published October 25, 2001)
University of Georgia fans and administrators love their new coach, especially after beating Tennessee.
Athens -- Mark Richt has won five games and is on his second honeymoon. Predisposed to like any new coach, Georgia fans have swooned over this one.