WORDS TO LIVE BY
by Rudyard Kipling
During some of my darkest days as a coach, this poem was my mantra and my inspiration. I would recite it each evening as I went to bed. Rare was the night that I reached the end of the poem before my exhaustion took over, and I feel asleep.
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• Positive ThoughtsBill Curry
• Kindness Not WeaknessBart Starr
• I SaidGeorge McDonald
• Hundred YardsBill Badgett
• I Like that AttitudeDon Shula
• TribalismArthur Schlesinger
• Unexpected KindnessBill Curry
• Overcoming DifficultyHelen Keller
• Perfect PracticeChuck Knox
• WinningVince Lombardi
• Two PainsBill Curry
• No RegretsWillie Davis
• Genius, Power & MagicGoethe
• A Long Time DeadJohn Unitas
• FatigueVince Lombardi
• Him Who Is Without SinJesus Christ
• Reap A DestinyGoethe
• IfRudyard Kipling
• PrioritiesVince Lombardi
• HustlePete Wellborn
• Daring GreatlyTheodore Roosevelt
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