The ARENA: A Place For Combat

I sit here about to play D4 hockey, I started playing ice hockey after a 20 year break 6 months ago. I am not good enough. I sit here and think: Roosevelt was Man in the ARENA, I play at 3 different ice ARENAs, what is this word, ARENA? Apparently the literal translation is latin for “sand.” The coliseum has a sand floor. Arena is a place for combat in public. Ready or not, here I come, smiling in the (ice) arena.