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> [By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of an NHL playoff series.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/by-the-age-of-18-the-average-american-has-witnessed-200-000-acts-of/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

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## More by Steve Rushin

> [Outside Buckingham Palace, the Royal Standard flies only when the reigning monarch is in residence. Sadly, there's no similar flag outside The Woods Jupiter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/outside-buckingham-palace-the-royal-standard-flies-only-when-the/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [Because I'm a bald, dim-witted writer, people think I couldn't possibly be her husband, so they occasionally confuse me for someone more glamorous. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/because-i-m-a-bald-dim-witted-writer-people-think-i-couldn-t-possibly/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [As good as NFL Films is at making players human, it's even better at making players superhuman. No Hollywood studio has made movies that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/as-good-as-nfl-films-is-at-making-players-human-it-s-even-better-at/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [I'm a product of the 1970s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/i-m-a-product-of-the-1970s/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [I'm an unabashed sports photo fanboy, the kind of weirdo who seeks out the infinitesimal picture credits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/i-m-an-unabashed-sports-photo-fanboy-the-kind-of-weirdo-who-seeks-out/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [I never learned the secret handshake. That may be one of the reasons I've grown to love English soccer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/i-never-learned-the-secret-handshake-that-may-be-one-of-the-reasons-i/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [Scarcity drives up demand, and the short golf season in Minnesota makes residents of that state mad for the sport. It's the same reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/scarcity-drives-up-demand-and-the-short-golf-season-in-minnesota/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [The Metrodome was built for football. Fans seated down the third-base line at a baseball game faced centerfield, so that they had to turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/the-metrodome-was-built-for-football-fans-seated-down-the-third-base/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [After the abrupt death of my mother, Jane, on Sept. 5, 1991, of a disease called amyloidosis, my dad took up golf at 57.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/after-the-abrupt-death-of-my-mother-jane-on-sept-5-1991-of-a-disease/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/by-the-age-of-18-the-average-american-has-witnessed-200-000-acts-of/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [“At that hour, a shaft of sunlight shone through stained glass. Which is to say, windows whose glass was comprehensively stained—by a double-glazing of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/at-that-hour-a-shaft-of-sunlight-shone-through-stained-glass-which-is/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [As life speeds by, nostalgia has a shorter pregnancy. Games still in progress are given the straight-to-sepia status of "Instant Classics" no matter how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/as-life-speeds-by-nostalgia-has-a-shorter-pregnancy-games-still-in/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [Headline writers love the phrase 'Power Grab,' but you can't really grab it, can you? Power is a greased watermelon, a wisp of smoke,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/headline-writers-love-the-phrase-power-grab-but-you-can-t-really-grab/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [All kingdoms look small through an airplane window - little dominions built on quicksand. But looking up from the ground, where most of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/all-kingdoms-look-small-through-an-airplane-window-little-dominions/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

> [“Madman Muntz was a wildly successful automobile salesman who had pioneered the loud television hard sell to move cars off his lot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-rushin/madman-muntz-was-a-wildly-successful-automobile-salesman-who-had/)

[Steve Rushin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-rushin/)

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