our resident therapist, noah kass, here to explain the power of sports in america.thestreet.com. justifiable entertainment, therapy? what's your logic? >> first of all, it's ball night and i'm psyched, man, just to start. my logic is first of all -- >> sorry. >> sports is like the ultimate break for me. it stops the day, i get 2 1/2 hours, 3 hours where i can concentrate on one thing, one struggle l, two teams against each other, i don't have to think about anything else. that in and of itself is unbelievably therapeutic. it's a healthy distraction. and i actually learn what teamwork actually looks like. sometimes in the office, it goes off and on. but on the sports field, i see that a quarterback has to connect with the right wide receiver. they have to have a symbiotic relationship. and i see how that works and i see how that gels effectively. >> and how important is it to see that modeling exhibited? and then i'll add one more thing, to see a game that has an absolute set of rules with a very clear prism. you know what the goal is, you know they're trying to scor

he'sç got the mug, noah kass, e clinical director of the realization center here in new york city, columnistably one of the age-old debates. throw down your gauntlet, sir. >> i admire and enjoy what bill cosby said about the subject. he said, i don't know the key to success, but i know the key to failure is trying to please everybody all the time. and i feel like since i was very young, my friends and i have been told from the media, from television, movies, magazines, even politics that success is about money and it's about status and it's about power. and i sort of reject that notion. i mean, to me, success is a personal choice. that i get to decide what success is supposed to be. i get to make those standards. no one else gets to. >> but doesn't it even go beyond that. because success isn't one of those things that's an external thing, it's a destination. but if you look at what we're learning, everything from quantum mechanics to manifestation of energy and string theory to anything else, that the only thing that actually we have that's valid is the action that we are taking and our inte

. >> noah kass. check him out on thestreet.com. that'll do it for today. i'm dylan ratigan. and "hardball" with none other than chris matthews is up right now. >>> no joy in mudville. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, the big pushback. if mitt romney can't knock newt out, the republican establishment has decided it will do it for him. a conservative who's who, including george f. will, michael gerson, david brooks, and today the "national review" itself among others are essentially sticking their heads out of the window and screaming, i'm scared as hell and i'm not going to take this anymore. can they stop newt? that's our top story. can they stop newt? >>> plus, who knew? w.h.o. is the 50,000 watt station that dominates iowa and the host to see if you want to win the republican nomination is simon conway. tonight we'll simulcast with him. we'll be on his show and he'll be on hours. and find out what voters are really thinking in iowa. >>> also, two days ago, we gave you the obama campaign's many projected paths t