Some anthems are great for sports. You've got the Russian national anthem... 'O Canada, ' how wonderful is that for hockey... but I chose the Italian national song because at my first World Cup, I saw the Italians play four times, and they won all four times - they won the championship. George Vecsey
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  1. I love hockey because of the respect for history and for the game itself.
  2. I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.
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  4. When I was a kid, my father brought home the autobiography of Sid Luckman, the great Chicago Bears quarterback - probably an extra copy from the sports department where he worked. It was the first sports biography I ever read.
  5. Television is making sports universal; for the same reason, big-time soccer is growing more popular in the United States.
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