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.'

Monster Baseball. The team's continuing to have some problems this season. Jekyll is good one day and bad the next. Dracula only shows up for night games. The Mummy is always covered in bandages and on the injured list. And King Kong can't keep his mind on the game --- Whenever he sees a pretty woman, he climbs up into the stands after her! At least Frankenstein has been pitching great again, just like when he was young! Yeah, he has a completely new arm!

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

"You think you can? Think again, mister. You know you can. Got that?"

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

"Son, it's time you learned the benefits of sitting around doing nothing."

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

Reach for the Star.

'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

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

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

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

'BANG' and a cosmology institute appears.

"I AM at my usual position."

"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..."

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

Punt Cake

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

"Lordy, I am such a klutz!"

"We first met on the net. We began to court, but between my foul mouth and Wilson being on the rebound...let's just say it was a long shot, but he pressed, and I was defenseless. Now, we're as 'hoopy' as can be."

'OK, everybody, calm down,,,'

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."