Sports Mentor Gifts

'Gosh, you seem to know a lot about soccer. I like that in a coach.'

'Do you think, perhaps, that we could start shooting for a few longer-term goals around here?'

'Put an egg in the bowl and beat it with the whisk.'

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

Reach for the Star.

"Just another 50 decibels on your grunt and we can start to think about letting you hit a few balls!"

'No, your guess isn't as good as mine.'

"Women Supporting Women!"

"I've just been offered a job sorting out the Y1K bug.."

Life with a professional baseball catcher.

Academic Idol - 'Professor Johannsen's paper was zippy. It had robust vocabulary and I almost felt that I could dance to it. I would give it a 7.'

'I like the way you handle responsibility, McWit, so I'm going to blame some stuff on you.'

Oscar would laugh whenever he recalled his empty existence before golf.

"I wasn't the smartest guy in the room, but I was the loudest."

Go team!

Leadership in the Covid-19 Era

'BANG' and a cosmology institute appears.

'Will you lot come out! - the new kit's not that bad!'

"Oh indeed I did: I went feral for a year when I was young. It taught me a lot about the world, but about myself too..."

'Investment charts can be complicated, son, but that usually means, 'bonuses'.'

Punt Cake

'Dewey! Grandpa's stuck again. Give him a couple of whacks upside the head.'

"Leadership is all about knowing who to delegate responsibility for all your mistakes."

"I AM at my usual position."

"...and before you embark upon life's journey, could one of you help me with my laptop?"

"Lordy, I am such a klutz!"

Teamwork!

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a MAP, actually."

"I was young and cocky because I wasn't aware of my shortcomings. Now I'm old and cocky because I can't remember what they are."

"I wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."