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Howard Cosell
American
Lawyer
About the author
Mommy, why does daddy cuss the TV and call it Howard?
Howard Cosell,
American
Lawyer
Ladies and Gentleman, the Bronx is burning.
Howard Cosell,
American
Lawyer
#Ladies
#Gentleman
After all, is football a game or a religion?
Howard Cosell,
American
Lawyer
#Religion
#Football
Sports is human life in microcosm.
Howard Cosell,
American
Lawyer
#Life
#Sports
I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.
Howard Cosell,
American
Lawyer
#Right
#Nation
The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.
Howard Cosell,
American
Lawyer
#Satisfaction
#Victory
#Competition
Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.
Howard Cosell,
American
Lawyer
#Life
#Day
#Pain
#Courage
#Joy
#Enthusiasm
What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.
Howard Cosell,
American
Lawyer
#Right
#Popular
Sports is the toy department of human life.
Howard Cosell,
American
Lawyer
#Life
#Sports
The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion? The people of this country have allowed sports to get completely out of hand.
Howard Cosell,
American
Lawyer
#People
#Country
#Society
#Religion
#Importance
#Football
#Sports