Word: mantras
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...long hair and beard evoke the style "modern caveman." His philosophy could generously be described as early developmental. "We are just the idiots," he mused during the postseason, referring to the moniker that the team had adopted. This in a city with 100 colleges. Damon was echoing his teammates' mantra: they were playing a kid's game, they were having fun, but they were also going to "grind you out." "We try to eliminate the thinking and let our natural abilities take over. So I think that's why the phrase about the idiots kind of took off," Damon explained...
...most resounding political blow of our generation with baseball, I say two things: First, sports are a good, if trite, metaphor for life; and second, fandom can teach us a lot about the human spirit. “The time will come” became a Red Sox mantra. Down and out for 86 years, millions of fans spanning generations didn’t stop cheering. Down three games to the Yankees, the Sox triumphed and went on to beat St. Louis, claiming the championship in the most American sport...
...Don’t Tell is sure to please the die-hard Sandler fan and a few surprising social groups, too. Even though the average person could perceive much of the content of this album to be offensive, it remains true to Sandler’s longtime mantra of making people laugh, period. The courage to be himself—even if that self is an immature, potty-humor-revering grown man—and to challenge the heavily imposed restrictions of the media today, is somewhat admirable...
...Simonetti Milan Your story on yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur, who has made record-breaking solo sailing trips around the world, quoted her statement, "You have to be determined, to will your way through. At some stage, someone will believe in you and give you a go." That is a powerful mantra for the 21st century. Perhaps we could all be heroes if we practiced it. Veronica Daly Derryinver, Ireland I appreciated TIME's recognizing Nigeria's first female Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a hero for her efforts to fix the country's chaotic finances and clean up corruption...
Garriques, 40, has a simple mantra for business success: "Quality, quality, quality." As the new chief of Motorola's personal-communications sector, which sells cell phones and personal two-way radios, Garriques will be in charge of what is by far the company's largest division, accounting for 40% of Motorola's annual revenue of $27 billion. Although Motorola's outlook is positive, industry leader Nokia is aggressively cutting prices. Garriques anticipates smooth sailing, but he will need that mantra...