Sarah Burke PRO ski's - RIP

It's a sad day in the world of sports. Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke has died from injuries sustained during an accident unsecured loans on January 10th. The 29-year-old skiing phenom was training at a resort in Park City, Utah, on The Superpipe (a daunting canyon with 22-foot high walls that's carved into the side of a ski slope) when she fell and ruptured an artery in her neck. Ultimately, the damage done to her brain proved to be irreversible, and she passed away this morning.

Burke was a freestyle skiing legend. She helped pioneer the branch of the sport that skis on halfpipes, which were once reserved exclusively for snowboarders. She won four gold medals at the Winter X Games, as well as the 2005 world championships. Burke fought hard for woman to even be included in the sport she loved. She described part of that battle in the film Winter,

It was a lot of sad calls to my parents, not understanding why I could beat half those boys, but they wouldn't let me in the contest. I remember sending emails to X Games, you guys got girls yet? … Kept pushing with X Games and ESPN, trying to get us in … and finally they did.

She is also being remembered for her fight to make halfpipe skiing an Olympic sport. Thanks in part to her efforts, it will debut during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Burke was considered an early favorite to win a medal, and it's a real tragedy that she won't be here to see her dream realized.

Below is an excerpt from Winter, which offers a great picture of Burke's skiing career and also captures a moment which now seems incredibly poignant. She's talking about how much she and her husband, fellow skier Rory bad credit loans Bushfield, love being out in the mountains and closes with this thought:

That's where we're happiest … It's what our lives are, is being on the hill, and there's a reason for that. It's amazing. It's where we met. It's where we play, we live, and … where we'll die.

muhammad ali - words from his mouth

I decided to write this page having completed the hub titled 25 Famous Boxing Quotes, which was in danger of becoming a list of 25 Famous Muhammed Ali Quotes. Instead I left all Ali quotes off of the list and felt that the man unsecured loans who made exciting boxing quotes mandatory deserved a showcase all of his own. So here you have it, 25 Famous Muhammad Ali Quotes:-

1. "Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."

2. "Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision."

 

 

3. "I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion".

4. "Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."

5. "I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was"

6. "It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”

7. "A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.”

8. “When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.”

9. “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”

10. “If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.”

11. "Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.”

12. “I'll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.”

13. "I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.”

14. "I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.”

15. "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.”

16. "Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception doubt.”

17. "Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.”

18. “I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.”

19. "To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.”

20. “I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.”

21. “We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.”

22. "It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.” bad credit loans

23. "At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.”

24. "I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.”

25. “I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger.”

Ex footerballer attempts to take his life.

 In an astonishingly frank and courageous interview, former Premier League hero Dean Windass has revealed how last week he tried to commit suicide twice.

Little more than a month after the suicide of fellow footballer Gary Speed shocked the football world, ex Hull and Bradford striker Windass told how battles with drink and depression led him to try to take his own life.

The father-of-two has struggled to adjust to life since quitting football two years ago and says he has cried every day.

Last year he split from Helen, his police officer wife of 18 years, after she found out he had been seeing a girl he'd met in a pub behind her back.

And just a few days ago, following the sudden death of his father, Dean attempted to take an overdose.

Luckily a former girlfriend turned up at his door in the nick of time and, realising what he had done, forced him to drink pints of water until he was sick.

But the following day after slipping back into the grips of depression and drinking half a bottle of strong amaretto liqueur, he tried to commit suicide again.

For a second time he was saved by a miraculous stroke of luck - when a friend of his knocked on the door.  

At the height of his fame Windass was earning more than half a million pounds a year.

In 2008 he scored the goal that would take his home town club Hull into the top flight of English football for the first time in their 104-year history.

He also appeared in the Premier League for Bradford City and Middlesbrough and played in the Scottish Premier League with Aberdeen before ending his professional career, which spanned 19 seasons, in 2010.

Loved by the fans for his passion on the pitch, with a beautiful wife and loving family  it seemed he had it all.

But after squandering most of his fortune on clothes and top-of-the-range cars Windass has been left almost bankrupt, unable even to pay for his son's car insurance.

After retiring from playing Dean had hoped to move into management. But things didn't work out and he found it impossible to get work.

Without the day to day routine that football had provided for so many years he quickly spiralled into a self-destructive lifestyle, filling most of his days with trips to the pub.

And with his reputation as a local hero, fellow drinkers were only too eager to keep buying him pints.

Windass, who at 42 is the same age as Gary Speed, told The People newspaper of his troubles which include the breakup of his 18-year marriage, drinking and financial worries.  

He said: 'People outside football think we have it all. But I was in a hole that I honestly didn't know how to get out of.

'Just over a week ago I hit rock bottom and decided to end it all.   

'I first took an overdose and when that didn't work tried to hang myself. I felt so alone and believed I had nothing to live for.      

'I need to sort myself out which is why I'm speaking out now. unsecured loans It's part of me getting better - part of the healing process.

'People have this image of me as this big strong man who can take anything life throws at him. But I'm not ashamed to say I wanted to end it after a string of setbacks."  

'I knew I'd been a fool but I couldn't shake off the depression at feeling what a failure I'd become.'

Windass said he could not cope after finishing his career and began drinking, often consuming 15 pints of lager and lime.

He said his marriage broke up and with little income, estranged from his family and grieving for his father John who had recently died, he decided to kill himself.               

Luckily a former girlfriend turned up and saved him.  

He said the following day, he tried again to take his own life. He was only stopped when a friend came round.

He added: 'We're not the brightest but you play football all your life. bad credit loans There are hundreds of footballers in the same boat (after retirement). There is nothing to get up for in the morning.'

Henry goals

London. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger described Thierry Henry’s winning goal in his emotional comeback match against Leeds United as “like a dream.” The 34-year-old former France international needed just over 10 minutes to score the bad credit loans only goal of the game at the Emirates Stadium on Monday in the FA Cup third round tie.

Henry came off the bench in the 68th minute and disposed of the Championship side with a high-quality finish having taken a pass from Alex Song on the left of the penalty area.

It was his first game in an Arsenal unsecured loans shirt since 2007 when he left for Barcelona, returning to the Gunners last week in an eight-week loan arrangement with the New York Red Bulls.

Wenger was aware that such a story was of the fairytale variety, with the club only just having unveiled a statue of the Frenchman outside the stadium to mark a record tally of goals that has now gone up to 227.

“He was already a legend here and he has added just a bit more to the whole story,” purred Wenger.

“It was a little bit like a dream because it was the sort of story you would tell to young kids that you want to know about football.

“Unfortunately it’s not often like that in our game - but sometimes it happens.”

Wenger admitted that Henry had taken a gamble on returning to the club, simply because of his previous exploits.

Yet Wenger had always had faith that the comeback had been the right decision for both parties.

“You could see straight away when he came on that he was a presence on the pitch and if we could find him he could be dangerous,” he said.

“In training I could see that he was sharp. I would not have put him on the pitch if he was not ready, that would have been unfair.”

Now Wenger is hoping Henry can have an equally beneficial effect on Arsenal’s Premier League and Champions League schedules until he returns to the States.

“He is a special player and what is a good thing for the young players is that he has done it all yet still prepares 100percent, is focused and is motivated,” said Wenger.

“He has an immense desire to do well.

“He was under some pressure. He is a proud guy and doesn’t want to disappoint people. He knows he will be compared to what he has done before but that’s what champions are about - they always want to be seen as people who do well.

“It’s a kind of combat.”

Wenger had allowed top scorer Robin van Persie to miss the match and must now ponder how to get the best out of Henry and the Netherlands international, starting with Sunday’s trip to Wales for the Premier League clash with Swansea.

“I haven’t decided yet. Robin will be back against Swansea but whether Thierry will start or not I don’t know.

“They can play together, of course. They did play together before.”

Leeds defended stoutly and attacked whenever they could but manager Simon Grayson knew that Henry’s arrival had been likely to tip the balance in Arsenal’s favour.

“We defended well as a team, the desire and attitude was fantastic and we came very close to getting a result,” he said.

“But it was probably written in the stars that what happened would happen and that’s the class of Thierry Henry.”

Arsenal, who will be without defender Francis Coquelin for a number of weeks because of a hamstring injury sustained in the first half, will now play Aston Villa at home in the fourth round later in the month.

FA Cup: Arsenal vs Leeds results

Thierry Henry made a dream return to Arsenal on Monday, netting the winner off the bench to earn his side a 1-0 FA Cup win over Leeds.

Second-half substitute Henry scored in the 77th minute to send the Emirates Stadium unsecured loans faithful into hysteria, and help Arsene Wenger’s side into the Cup’s fourth round.

The on-loan New York Red Bulls attacker scored with only his fifth touch since coming on midway through to second period to set up a home clash against fellow Premier League side Aston Villa in the next round.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger handed starts to talented youngsters Ignasi Miquel, Francis Coquelin and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in a strong starting line-up.

As for the visitors, on-loan Tottenham attacker Andros Townsend was given the chance to impress against his parent club’s bitter local rivals, while manager Simon Grayson opted for Argentinean striker Luciano Becchio to lead the line.

The home side started the match brightly, controlling possession against their Championship opponents, with Russian international Andrei Arshavin squandering a couple of presentable early chances on.

Former Sevilla man Sebastien Squillaci bad credit loans came close to breaking the deadlock in the 14th minute.

Mikel Arteta played in a wicked set piece which the French defender met with his head, but failed to test Andy Lonergan in the Leeds goal.

Leeds finally posed a threat midway through the first half after Arsenal failed to clear a free-kick.

Finland international Mika Vayrynen picked up the loose ball before driving to the byline.

His attempted cross deflected nicely into the path of Becchio who could only smash his close-range effort over the bar.

Wenger’s defensive injury problems took another turn for the worse after Coquelin picked up an apparent hamstring injury and was subsequently replaced by debutant Nico Yennaris.

Despite continuing to dominate possession, Arsenal failed to create another chance and the two sides headed into the half-time interval all square.

With less than 25 minutes remaining, Henry made his much-anticipated comeback as Wenger decided to add the Frenchman and Theo Walcott into the mix as he strived for the win, with the former Barcelona forward’s arrival sparking the previously reserved home supporters into frenzy.

The deadlock was finally broken 13 minutes from time with Henry getting on the end of an Alex Song pass, before bending a trademark finish past the hapless Lonergan.

Leeds almost managed to strike back instantly through a Ross McCormack header which the previously untested Wojciech Szczesny did well to hold.

The visitors continued to push for a goal and Szczesny was again called into action by a stinging effort by former Chelsea man Mikael Forssell, but the visitors could not find a way through.