Also, this makes me think of my coach and my childhood years.
1- My coach is from Moldova, moved to Russia, became a national wrestling champion in the Soviet Union (which was harder then winning the Olympics..), moved to Israel cause Soviets don't like Jews and then came here because he's a badass. Now he just complains about, pardon my russian "what pussy cats all the kids are today.
2- Makes me think of when I was a kid playing ball tag with a couple of friends on a playground. With a baseball.. (Think tag, you tag people by throwing balls at their faces..)
I was standing on the top of the playgrounds jungle gym, for lack of a better word, making fun of my friend for missing constantly with the ball when, finally having enough, he threw the ball with all his might. Hit me square in the nose which prompted me to fly backwards off the jungle gym (maybe 10-12 ft) onto the pebbles below. Had a pretty good bloody nose and some good cuts and bruises. I ran home to stuff paper towels up my nose so I could continue the game (I got the bugger back
)
Nowadays, when I see kids playing (such as when I coach a highschool wrestling team) they can't even get a competitive atmosphere going and just run around like sissies..
The coming generations are doomed.