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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"And every man that striveth in the games is temperate in all things." What is, "all things?" He doth not abstain from one and err in another, but he masters entirely gluttony and lasciviousness and drunkenness and all his passions. "For this," saith he, "takes place even in the heathen games. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
They already stand convicted. They practice self-control to receive a perishable crown: and we do not do this even for an imperishable crown?
Cyprian
This is the struggle of our faith in which we engage, in which we conquer, in which we are crowned. This is the struggle which the blessed Apostle Paul has shown to us, in which it behoves us to run and to attain the crown of glory. "Do ye not know," says he, "that they which run in a race, run all indeed, but one receiveth the prize? …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
When we enter upon the way of the Lord, let us fast from the vanity of this present life and refresh ourselves with the hope of the future life, not focusing our heart on things here but feasting it on things above.
Ambrose of Milan
You are an athlete. Come to grips with your opponent, not with your head but with your arms.
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