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This week, a reader sent me a great article about American rugby coach Jack Clark, who said his favourite quote in sport came from Schembechler. Tell 'em Jack. ''It has to do with recruiting and who you want on your team. [Schembechler] says, 'Well, if you ever really want a guy and you don't get him, that's OK. He'll only beat you once a year'. I think that's kind of catchy. Then this old boy clears his throat and says, 'On the other hand, if you get the wrong guy on your team, he'll beat you every day'.'' Brilliant, no? (And no, I am not going on about the risks of recruiting Buddy Franklin. That would be TEDIOUS.) discount timberland boots **** ON THE FLY timberland discount shoes Without fear or favour allow me to faithfully pass on these words, written by Greg Norman, and posted on his website, about his love of aviation; how he has owned seven jets in his time including his present one; how he now has his own flight department with three pilots and flight attendants; did he mention he also flies his own helicopter?; how he is such a hotshot a US Navy pilot took him up in a jet and did barrel rolls. Now, Greg, tell us how you went? Advertisement timberland boots ''Despite trying a little trick they taught me before take-off, I still passed out, but only for a minute. Len told me I made it until the g-force reached 8.4, which was a lot more than most people can handle! I later learned that Len and the other pilots take great pleasure in seeing how long first-timers can hold on before the g-force simply becomes too much without a g-suit. My undoing came during a high-speed inverted roll. The last thing I remember was flying upside down straight toward the water. Len said we were going more than 600mph [965km/h] and were less than 500 feet [152 metres] from the whitecaps of the Atlantic Ocean when I finally succumbed. timberland boots on sale ''Len even let me take the controls for a few minutes, and I was overjoyed to fly a machine that possessed such power and grace. He encouraged me to perform a few tricks of my own, and I jumped at the chance to try a couple of inside loops and a few barrel rolls. That was an airborne experience I won't soon forget.'' Shoot me! **** FIGHT V FLIGHT Following last week's item about the lateral thinking in allowing streakers to streak, meaning they have nothing to do but a walk of shame to get back to their clothes, a reader recalls another piece of cleverness from his father, a long-time rugby league referee down Monaro way. When a brawl broke out, he just kept the game going, meaning one side or the other would soon be haring away towards the try line, usually pursued by the brawlers who quickly came to their senses. **** PUTT IT THIS WAY TFF came across an interesting quote this week from five-time British Open golf champion Peter Thomson in Andrew Crockett's book Bump & Run: at the Feet of the Masters . ''Holing 30-foot putts was like breaking the four-minute mile when that was done. No one thought it was possible prior to that. When Arnold Palmer came into the picture he started taking aim from 30 feet! We all thought, 'Well, you can't hole a putt from 30 feet'. But he did; he holed a couple every round for a few years. Once he started holing these long putts, then everybody did, because they took aim, whereas prior to that time you rolled the ball up near the hole so that you put the next one in.'' **** TEAM OF THE WEEK Sachin Tendulkar. The great Indian batsman, who has been playing for 20 odd years and scored 2.1 gazillion stylish runs, has announced he is retiring. Sohag Gazi. Bangladesh player took a hat-trick and scored a century against New Zealand. Mirinda Carfrae. Won the Hawaiian Ironman title for the second time. "Google." A reader tells me this is the nickname for a grade cricketer in Canberra "because he knows everything". A new player with exactly the same name is called Chrome, because "he is the new version of Google". Holger Osieck. Crashed out of the Socceroos coaching position, after his side lost to Brazil and France in straight sets 6-0, 6-0. Wallabies. Play the All Blacks tonight. RAH! Brendan Ford. The Ryde Hunters Hill under-13 batsman made a stylish 51 against St Andrew's Cathedral School last Saturday before retiring and joining his opponents, who were a couple of players short. He proceeded to take a spectacular catch and then, from his only over, two wickets. Kiama Cows Junior Rugby. In their first year had four teams represent on grand final day. The 10s and 11s took out premierships. Samantha Stosur. Won the Japan Open for her second title of the year, and fifth overall. Sydney Uni Grade 12 girls. Won the Cheryl Salisbury Cup, FNSW Premiers title and the FNSW State Championship with a 28-5-2 season and a +95 goal differential. Australian Services Rugby Union. Will be celebrating its 50 glorious years on November 1 with a game against the Baa-Bas at UNSW, followed by dinner at the SCG. Try the Colonel at [email protected]. Tad Dufelmeier jnr. The son of Canberra Cannons great Tad snr led the Tuggeranong Vikings to the premier division title and is one of many promising sons of former NBL stars coming through basketball ranks. **** WHAT THEY SAID Socceroos captain Lucas Neill after losing to France 6-0: "When the team loses you can't pin the blame on just Lucas Neill. And when the team wins, Lucas Neill doesn't take the credit. This is a team game, we lost together, we win together. It's not about Lucas Neill." Gee, it SOUNDS like it's about Lucas Neill! Neill, in the after-match interview: "My question to the younger guys who want to play for Australia is, 'Do you dream of playing for Australia and if you do, show me the hunger and the desire. I think that's where we are lacking now - our attitude towards our national team." TFF had a rant on this mid-week, which you can read on goo.gl/VdwCzb. Robbie Slater: "It's quite possibly the worst captain's interview, certainly in a football sense, I've ever seen. Lucas is in survival mode … He's living in a cocoon. He's not seeing things clear and he's not seeing the reality. There is a case to be stood down as Australian captain straight away." Four doctors are leaving NRL clubs because, says one of them: "Some are frustrated, some want to spend more time with their family, others feel sidelined, and some are worried about potential lawsuits … You can lose your house and lose your family's wellbeing. That's a very real risk these days." Successor to Mark Webber, Daniel Ricciardo: "I'll make friends as I go along, but my true friends are the ones I went to school with, the ones I've known since I was six or seven years old. These are the guys I still really make an effort to keep in touch with, because they're the ones who will be there when I finish racing." Front page of India's biggest-selling newspaper after Sachin Tendulkar said he was retiring after his 200th Test match: "God Bye" Dickie Bird on Tendulkar: "He had so much time to play the ball, to pick the line and length. I saw Bradman play in 1948 and he is the nearest player I have seen to Bradman." Pete Jacobs on the Hawaii Ironman (swimming 3.8 kilometres, cycling 180km and running 42.6km): "If you don't manage the stress and thoughts, it can end up being a real long day, an eight-hour day equivalent to sitting in peak hour traffic and people yelling at you the whole time." All Blacks coach Steve Hansen on the Wallabies win over Argentina: "This win will have given them an injection and, as we all know, you don't have to give an Aussie too much of an injection for his confidence to start coming out of his mouth." A reader asks a very pertinent question: "Why do footballers have secret meetings at cafes? Surely they have offices or big hotels where they could book a meeting room." George Bailey after James Faulkner's high-five poked Brad Haddin in the eye: "How embarrassing is that? We couldn't even get our high-fives right. What about just a handshake? Just take it back to 'well bowled'." *******: @Peter_Fitz Comments Be the first to comment. Login to Comment New user? 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