If you treat every situation as a life-and-death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.

If you treat every situation as a life-and-death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

Ask yourself this question: If aspirin were the leading cause of death on college campuses, do you think chancellors, presidents, and trustees would allow aspirin commercials on basketball and football telecasts? They wouldn't, not for a minute.

As Your Life Flashes Before Your Eyes At The Point Of Death, Let's Hope The Ad Breaks Have Been Edited Out

When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations of age and disease, their calm awareness of the approaching end when their final hours come. They accept death with a grace that I hope I will one day be brave enough to muster.