Knight. My story. Quotes XIII

-People are inclined to believed the written word. So am I, like these from Theodore Roosevelt:

It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. 

And from Vince Lombardi:

It's a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men... There is something in good men that really years for, needs, discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat. I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious. 

I love those images. I've had the privilege of watching kids I've coached do all those things. Now, blend in there the opportunity I had as a coach to point kids toward a college degree and a lifetime of competing fairly, squarely, decently, by the rules, but to win, in whatever career they choose, and you have the reason why not just I but lots of career coaches in both high school and college keep coaching when, as coaches, they have nothing left to prove.