This section contains quotations which people from the past may (or may not) have made about athletics ...


“It is also fitting that the courtier should know how to swim, jump, run and cast the stone, for, apart from the usefulness of these accomplishments in war, one is often required to display one’s skill and such sports can help to build up a good reputation, especially with the crowd which the courtier always has to humour”. (Baldesar Castiglione, “The Book of the Courtier” (Italy, early 1500’s) , translated by George Bull.)


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