We were in Italy when the World Cup started and so we have been enjoying watching all of the matches. Now even though the USA and Mexico have both been eliminated we are still watching. I’m now for England or Italy.

I think that of all sports, soccer is the best metaphor for life.

• There are very few breaks in the action.
• You have to always be on offense and defense.
• Most of what you try doesn’t work.
• A lot of what goes on is important but boring.

In Italy they set up TV in piazzas so people could watch:

To win in soccer:

• Teamwork is necessary, but so are heroic individual acts.
• Luck counts.
• Lots of the time you know the score, but not how much time there is to play.
• Conditioning is incredibly important.
• It has some silly rules like “off sides” and “hands.”

Just like in life.

Here is a picture of me wearing my 1998 world cup tee shirt: