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Old 03-23-2008, 07:26 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Silly Sally View Post
Kate: Wow, I love your sig tag! I mean I REALLY love it. I wonder if I can get it tattooed on the inside of my eyelids?
Sally, that quote has gotten me through some rough times! It was given to me on a handout from my coach in college (as an aside, I had very little respect for him, and this is one of the very few things he did that I found meaningful... so I guess he can't be all that bad?), and I've often returned to it. I've won a lot of races in my life (rowing), and I've lost quite a few as well. Both experiences are crucial to my development as an athlete, coach, and person. I find mediocrity, in terms of effort, horribly insulting as a coach, and I think this quote sums up why.

My motto? Win, or die trying.
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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of US (1858 - 1919)

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