Hockey Chat:  On the business side of hockey, it’s all personal.  Although the good players create a fun game to watch, many teams (all that I know of) spend time with the community as well.  In turn the community spends money on tickets and merchandise which in turn goes back into the players salaries.  Both the players and fans appreciate each other and enjoy the relationship.  If the players were rude and disowned the fans then the fans would fall away and not support the team.

Our power lies not in our perfection, but in our pursuit. We are a results-driven people, especially athletes. Perfection is the goal and we do what it takes to get there, even if that means sacrificing what really matters. There is much good in wanting to perform well. However, tunnel vision comes when we place our worth, security, and joy in our idea of perfection. But we can never arrive at perfection. Perfection has no power because it leaves us empty. Pursuit, on the other hand, holds what is real. Pursuit says, “I’m not perfect, but I will do what I can with what I have in the moment I have been given, in the midst of where I am.” In pursuit we find God.