Sentence examples for joy of play from inspiring English sources

That shot, and Duncan's game generally, seemed to emerge not from some physical joy of play but instead from a studied understanding of geometry and efficiency.

That shot, and Duncan's game generally, seemed to emerge not from some physical joy of play but instead from a studied understanding of geometry and efficiency.

Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play". You can feel Jerry Garcia smiling down from above.

Although weary and wary of "the technocracy of professional sport," which "negates joy, kills fantasy, and outlaws daring," he nevertheless seeks out — and finds, however seldom — moments that restore the "joy of play".

t was a time when the devil still had on one side the powers of joy, of play, of adventure, not just the pitchfork and the horns and the other lame props we think of now.

When the sport became an industry, the beauty that blossoms from the joy of play got torn out by its very roots… professional soccer condemns all that is useless, and useless means not profitable… Play has become spectacle, with few protagonists and many spectators, soccer for watching.

The joy of playing.

Yet the joy of playing the game is universal.

Seldom is all this countered by the cricketers' remarkable technical inventiveness and sheer joy of playing.

The Classic pits the business of Major League Baseball against the intrinsic joy of playing baseball.

"There are ways of inspiring beyond fear, that focus on the joy of playing".