Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy.
Source: In The Book of Football Wisdom, ed. by Criswell Freeman, 1996.
-- Jack Kemp, (Jul 13 1935-2009), US politician, football player; He was quarterback, 1957-70, mostly with Buffalo; Republican congressman from NY, 1970-88; vice-presidential candidate, 1996.