"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.""Citizenship in a Republic,"Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
And I do this year in and year out because I too have failed, many times, but the lessons learned and the pride in knowing that i TRIED was well worth it. Maybe not at that particular moment, but I realized later that I was given a gift in defeat. A gift of persistence and determination to never have that happen to me again, not to never try again. I have had hundreds of kids cry on my shoulder, and I sometimes on theirs, when the season came to an end. But I know that in my heart, they are the lucky ones, not the victors. For the victors are quickly rushed away by the screaming crowd, while they are left alone with their thoughts, and in those thoughts are the plans of once again rising to the top to try yet again. I am extremely proud and honored to have coached many young men ion my life. I am extremely proud and honored to be a Husky. I will rise again and set my sites on the prize,but do so with new found knowledge, and determination. One day we will stand at the Rabobank arena, our team, and hold that trophy high, and all those who have gone before us will be there too in spirit because family never forgets. Mitch, Kyle, Greg, Ty, Mike I t has been an extreme pleasure to watch you grow up many from when you were small boys, in to fine young men. Not all our goals may have been reached , but that didn't and won't stop us from reaching again. I love you , and wish you all the best in whatever you choose, and whatever you choose I know you will represent SHHS , and the wrestling program very well.
As for you under class men get to the club on Wednesday, start failing, so when the time comes e to will taste victory.
Taylor
2 comments:
A wrestling coach once said to me, "unless you are a champion do not question what I say". As years have passed, I realize, he needed to define what champion meant.
For those that were league champs, I now realize this is a feat most people will never achieve. A league champ will be able to walk into a room of people and know that they could pin most of them in under a minute if they had to.
For those that placed in CIF finals, they have reached another level that is even more rare and puts them in a unique class.
Placing at Masters is another level higher and is extremely rare and has been accomplished by not too many over the years at SHHS or at most southland schools.
Tell your team to be very proud of what they have done.
But remember that "all Glory is Fleeting" and that the memories of SHHS wrestling are hard to let go of.
Congrats again to you and your team!
The mental picture of what it takes to be a champion!!! All the blood sweat and tears and still the unanswered questions. Well let me say this : We the SHHS wrestling fans are proud of you ! Do you know how many guys will look at the picture and love to change places? There has been a selected few to accomplish some of the things that you guys did this year as a team and individually.
For Ramos and Olson and the rest of the seniors the journey end and new one begins. For the rest the quest begins ! Daniel will now be the target of having accompplished so much . I think all of nexts year team would love to sit in that same chair @ state.
Let the quest begin .
You have made us proud and look forward to leading us next year.
Hold you head up high as you will need to keep it afloat as others will try to take and grasp the glory that was SHHS wrestling 09.
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