Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature. Votes: 1
I thoroughly enjoy getting away from the game and going out fishing because it's so relaxing, so quiet and peaceful. I mean, there's no noise other than nature - and it's so different from what I do in a tournament situation that it just eases my mind. Votes: 1
The English may love gardening and fishing, but they have never struck me as being close to nature. Their way of expression is 'the hollyhocks are awfully good' sort of thing, all done in very good taste. The savagery of nature is something they don't dwell upon. Votes: 1
Fishing, by its very nature, nourishes the imagination, feeding it with a potent fuel of hope and desire. Votes: 0
Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man. Votes: 0
Whether people know it or not, I'm a big nature guy. I like snowboarding, I like fishing, and those are my ways to wind down. Votes: 0
For the true angler, fishing produces a deep,unspoken joy, born of longing for that which is quiet and peaceful, and fostered by an inbred love of communing with nature Votes: 0
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Votes: 5 Henry David Thoreau
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. Votes: 5 Pedro Calderon de la Barca