Defeated the Harlem Globetrotters<\/b><\/p>\n
In September of 1995, the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters suffered a rare defeat on the basketball court as they toured Europe with a team made up of several former professional basketball stars. The 91\u201385 defeat in Vienna, Austria, ended the team\u2019s winning streak at twenty-four-years, that is, not games! The team had won an astounding total of 8,829 straight exhibition games since their last defeat before that in January, 1971.<\/p>\n
Today in the Word, January, 1998, p. 36<\/p>\n
How Can I Lose<\/b><\/p>\n
The devil challenged St. Peter to a baseball game. \u201cHow can you win, Satan?\u201d asked St. Peter. \u201cAll the famous ballplayers are up here.\u201d \u201cHow can I lose?\u201d answered Satan. \u201cAll the umpires are down here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Trying Your Best<\/b><\/p>\n
Suffering from terminal spinal cancer at the age or 47, former North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano spoke with a reporter earlier this year. He looked back on his life and told a story about himself as a 23-year-old coach of a small college team. \u201cWhy is winning so important to you?\u201d the players asked Valvano.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause the final score defines you,\u201d he said, \u201cYou lose, ergo, you\u2019re a loser. You win, ergo, you\u2019re a winner.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d the players insisted. \u201cParticipation is what matters. Trying your best, regardless of whether you win or lose\u2014that\u2019s what defines you.\u201d<\/p>\n
It took 24 more years of living. It took the coach bolting up from the mattress three or four times a night with his T-shirt soaked with sweat and his teeth rattling from the fever chill of chemotherapy and the terror of seeing himself die repeatedly in his dreams. It took all that for him to say it: \u201cThose kids were right. It\u2019s effort, not result. It\u2019s trying. God, what a great human being I could have been if I\u2019d had this awareness back then.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gary Smith in Sports Illustrated, quoted in Reader\u2019s Digest<\/p>\n
Quotes<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 If the law is on your side, argue the law. If the facts are on your side, argue the facts. If neither the law or the facts are on your side, defame your opponent every way possible. – Anon<\/p>\n
\u2022 I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose. – Woodrow Wilson (attributed), Speaker\u2019s Idea File, p. 3.<\/p>\n
Winner Vs. Looser<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner says, \u201cLets find out.\u201d A loser says, \u201cNobody knows.<\/p>\n
\u2022 When a winner makes a mistake, he says, \u201cI was wrong\u201d; when a loser makes a mistake, he says, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t my fault.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner isn\u2019t nearly as afraid of losing, as a loser is secretly afraid of winning<\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner works harder than a loser and has more time; a loser is always \u201ctoo busy\u201d to do what is necessary<\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner goes through a problem; a loser goes around it, and never gets past it.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner makes commitments; a loser makes promises.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner says, \u201cI\u2019m good, but not as good as I ought to be\u201d; a loser says, \u201cI\u2019m not as bad as a lot of other people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner listens; a loser just waits until it\u2019s his turn to talk,<\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner respects those who are superior to him and tries to learn from them; a loser resents those who are superior to him, and tries to find chinks in their armor.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner explains; a loser explains away.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner feels responsible for more than his job; a loser says, \u201cI only work here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner says, \u201cThere ought to be a better way to do it\u201d; a loser says, \u201cThat\u2019s the way it\u2019s always been done here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 A winner paces himself; a loser has only two speeds\u2014hysterical and lethargic.<\/p>\n
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