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David Haye and Leon Smith

Chris is joined by boxer David Haye, who is making a comeback to the ring, plus Andy Murray's tennis coach Leon Smith on Murray's Davis Cup win.

Chris is joined by boxer David Haye who is making a comeback to the ring. We chat to Andy Murray's tennis coach Leon Smith, who gives us the lowdown on Murray's Davis Cup Win - the first win for Britain in 79 years. Plus a top tenuous of "future stars in school nativity plays"... well it is December-Eve after all!

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Mon 30 Nov 2015 06:30
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  • Prefab Sprout

    The King of Rock 'N' Roll

    • Hits Album 8, Part 2 (Various Artist.
    • Hits Album.

  • Elton John

    Looking Up

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 001.

  • The Knack

    My Sharona

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Ellie Goulding

    Love Me Like You Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Stronger Than Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    Monday, Monday

    • The Mamas & The Papas - 20 Greatest H.
    • MFP.

  • Lemar

    Higher Love

    • The Letter.
    • BMG.

  • Wham!

    I'm Your Man

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Paul Weller

    That Dangerous Age

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • The O’Jays

    Looky, Looky (Look At Me Girl)

    • In Philadelphia.
    • Philadelphia International Records.
    • 5.

  • The Corrs

    Bring On The Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Don't Stop

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 009.

  • La Roux

    Bulletproof

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    I Don't See Them

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 001.

  • David Bowie

    Heroes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Guy Garvey

    Angela's Eyes

    • Counting The Squall.
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Do You Know the Way to San Jose

    • The Love Songs Of Burt Bacharach.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Animals

    House Of The Rising Sun

    • The Hits Of 1964 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • Pulp

    Do You Remember The First Time?

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 4.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    California

    • Lenny Kravitz - Baptism.
    • Parlophone.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Enola Gay

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.
    • 3.

  • The Cult

    She Sells Sanctuary

    • The Cult - Pure Cult: The Singles.
    • Beggars Banquet.

  • Stereophonics

    Song For The Summer

    • Keep The Village Alive.
    • Stylus Records.
    • 005.

  • The Beatles

    I Should Have Known Better

    • A Hard Day's Night.
    • Parlophone.
    • 2.

  • Bellowhead

    New York Girls

    • (CD Single).
    • Navigator Records.
    • 2.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Father Brian D’Arcy, a Catholic Passionist priest:

Sports coaches are fond of saying that the four laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation and repetition. To be good at anything demands practice. Nothing in life is simple and nothing in life comes easy.

Another way of putting it is that we are creatures of habit. Our habits define us. Nathaniel Emmons, a famous preacher, believed that β€œhabit is either the best of servants, or the worst of masters.”

It’s the little unnoticed, unhealthy impulses that bring us down. We’re more likely to be stung by a bee than to be bitten by an elephant. The little things cause big problems.

Success, however, comes from a commitment always to do the little things perfectly because little things make big things happen.

Today is the feast of Andrew, the patron Saint of Scotland. He’s a superb example of the importance of the apparently insignificant. Andrew accepted the call to follow Jesus and then convinced his brother to come along too. From then on poor Andrew faded into the background while his brother – who was St Peter-, went straight to the top.

Later when Jesus needed to feed the multitudes who were following him into the wilderness, he started by looking around for what was available. It was Andrew who spotted a boy with a few rolls of bread and then persuaded the boy to hand them over to Jesus. Thousands ate their fill and there was plenty left over. It was made possible because Andrew paid attention to what was going on around him and the boy was generous with the little he had. Miracles can come about if we pay attention to the small stuff

The lesson is obvious: do the basics right and you’ll be surprised at how far you can get in life. Mother Teresa based her life’s work on the principle that we should learn to be faithful in small things because it is in them that true strength lies. β€œWe can do no great things,” she said, β€œonly small things with great love.”

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  • Mon 30 Nov 2015 06:30
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