Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. (in "The Sporting Spirit", Tribune, GB, London, December 1945)

George Orwell
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Sport is a celebration of life and should be enjoyed as such. The motto should be "play hard and enjoy every minute of it" and not to "play fair and never complain." What we should do is emphasize the importance of playing hard and enjoying it. If we treat the game as if we were to be killed at any moment, we will stop playing competitively and will become non-competitive.

Source: The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell 19031950

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