August’s quote of the month comes from one of the world’s wealthiest individuals. Warren Buffett is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett was born in 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska. At an early age, Buffett took an interest in the Stock Market as he went to visit the New York Stock Exchange at the age of 11 and even bought shares of a company for himself and for his sister. While in high school he invested in a business owned by his father and bought a farm worked by a tenant farmer. After many successful purchases and partnerships with several companies, Buffett became a millionaire and took control of the Berkshire Hathaway textile manufacturing firm. Buffett became a billionaire on paper when Berkshire Hathaway began selling class A shares and the market closed at $7,175 a share. Buffett has invested in many high profile firms over the years including Coca-Cola, Proctor & Gamble and IBM. Buffett’s philanthropy includes having pledged to give away 99 percent of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Gates Foundation. In this month’s quote, Buffett describes the secret of his business success and how not to screw things up.

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July marks the beginning of the Summer Olympics in London, England. The founder of the modern Olympic games is Pierre de Coubertin. Pierre was born into a French aristocratic family in the 1860s and studied history and education. His biggest influence came from the role of physical education in society. He saw that sports can help build moral and social strength and was greatly influenced by the role that Ancient Greece played in molding the characters of young men through the use of physical education. Coubertin also viewed physical education in practical terms as a way to strengthen the French army which had previously been humiliated by the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian war. Coubertin would become the father of the modern Olympic movement and helped to bring back the summer Olympics in 1906 in Athens, Greece and helped the Olympic games become the world’s most important sports event. In addition, Coubertin also helped to create the ‘modern pentathlon’ event for the 1912 Olympic games. Coubertin helped to strengthen the belief in participation in sports with winning not only being the only important factor at stake. In this month’s quote, Pierre de Coubertin gives us a quote on the benefits in participating in the Olympic games…

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The month of June has arrived and many people will be taking advantage of the warm weather by hitting the links and enjoying some relaxing golfing action. One man who enjoys golfing very much is professional golfer John Daly. Daly has won two major golf tournaments including the 1991 PGA Championship and the 1995 British Open. Daly remains one of the most popular and intriguing figures on the PGA Tour because of his weird golfing outfits and his personal problems off the tour. Many of his personal problems deal with his battles with alcoholism and marriage as he has been divorced four times already. Another issue that Daly has dealt with is gambling. He claims to have lost between US$50 and $60 million over the past 15 years. Daly’s own health has been questioned many times by critics for his poor athletic appearance on the tour. His love of beer, cigarettes and diet coke has made it difficult for him to lose weight. Here is Daly discussing what he thinks makes for a great diet.

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