Words about class from one who knows (excerpt from the Boston Herald)
There are many programs for children and sports; most towns in this area have programs for football, soccer, hockey, basketball, baseball, gymnastics, tennis, karate, and potentially several more. As a guide to parents we have included the following cardinal rule by which each of these programs should be judged."Nothing bothers me any more than the pressure we place on youngsters. Let me make this clear, OK? If your youngster is involved in any athletic program where the stated emphasis is not on having fun, then get your youngster out of that program.
"I have stacks of clippings at my house that tell of children being berated by an angry parent, humiliated by a frustrated coach; we're talking about serious hurts, damaging blows, very personal wounds, all knowingly inflicted by adults who ought to know better but are too caught up in their own egos and their own needs to show the world that they're winners, too.
"We need to define for our children what winning really means. When you're 10 years old you need to know that if you tried your best and did everything you could, you are absolutely a winner.''
Robert Gordon Orr 2002 (Boston Bruins 1966-1976)
Quote taken from Joe Fitzgerald, the Boston Herald, Saturday, February 9, 2002
