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Conference 7.286::sports_90

Title:OURGNG::SPORTS - Digital's daily tabloid
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Created:Thu Dec 14 1989
Last Modified:Fri Dec 17 1993
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:438
Total number of notes:50420

387.0. "Quote from Reds-Pirates game " by JUPITR::DESROCHES (A sad case is 24 empties) Thu Oct 11 1990 00:34

    Hi,
    
    	During the Reds - Pirates game last night there was a quote that
    was run on the screen. It was a quote about quitters never winning and
    the like. It was quite long, but very good. What I'm looking for is
    someone who may have taped the game. I would like to get the quote
    written down. You see, I am an assistant high school football coach and
    our team is having a tough season ( 1 - 3 ) and it seems as if some of
    the kids have already thrown in the towel so I would like to get that
    quote written down and post it in the locker room for all the kids to
    see. If someone has it, just post it here or send email to
    USADEC::DESROCHES. I would appreciate it very much.
    
    
    Thanks.....................Phil Desroches
    
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387.1SHALOT::MEDVIDmy apple tree, my brightnessThu Oct 11 1990 08:577
    Phil,
    
    missed that quote.  Do you remember to whom it was attributed?  You
    might be able to find it and many, many other relative quotes in
    Bartlett's Book of Quotations.
    
    	--dan'l
387.2STARVU::MACGREGORDECview3D engineer - DTN 287-3318Thu Oct 11 1990 09:278
    Napolean originally said a couple of the quotes, but it was actually
    a list of quotes attributed to nobody.  Things like,
    
    If you think you're going to lose, you have already lost.
    
    blah, blah, blah
    
    The Wizard
387.3CAM::WAYBeaten like a redheaded stepchild...Thu Oct 11 1990 11:1620
Phil....

One of the most inspiring speeches I've ever had came in our game
a couple of weeks ago...  try a variation on this sometime....

	"You're down 7 points at the half to a squad that's
	 bigger than you, and has eight A side players.
	 If you lose now, then you can take pride in the fact
	 that you've done so well.  But if you can overcome it,
	 and show these guys you're winners, you can take pride
	 in that, and can talk about it for years to come...

	 Let's give 110% for the next half.  Leave it all on the
	 field, don't bring any off with you...."

To a man, each of us on the field said that those words pulled us
together and helped us overcome the other team.  We scored 27 unanswered
points.....

'Saw
387.4STARVU::MACGREGORDECview3D engineer - DTN 287-3318Thu Oct 11 1990 11:444
    >Let's give 110% for the next half.  Leave it all on the field,
    >don't bring any off with you...
    
    Gee, talk about bad cliches 8^)
387.5is this it??SHIRE::FINEUC1Thu Oct 11 1990 12:3315
  Phil,

Was it something like this?

  "If you think you're beaten, you are,
   If you think you dare not, you won't,
   If you think you'll lose, you've lost...."

If so, the whole thing is on the wall a couple of cubes from mine.  I'll 
gladly put it in here if you want.

HTCY,

rick ellis

387.6CAM::WAYBeaten like a redheaded stepchild...Thu Oct 11 1990 12:4012
re .4:

	Oh, by all means it is.  But see, to a person not in that
	situation it doesn't mean anything, but when you're there,
	in the thick of the action, the imagery that invokes is
	great.

re .5:

	Post it!

'Saw
387.7AXIS::ROBICHAUDDockers...Pants for |CENSORED|sThu Oct 11 1990 12:495
    	One of the most inspirational speeches I ever heard was Pete
    Rose talking to the Reds.  "Come on guys, I got a bundle on youze
    tonight!"
    
    				/Don
387.8SHIRE::FINEUC1Thu Oct 11 1990 12:5420
OK 'Saw, you got it:

If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you date not, you don't
If you'd like to win, but think you can't
It's almost a cinch you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost;
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a person's will,
It's all in the state of mind.
Life's battles don't always
go to the stronger or faster one;
But sooner or later the one who wins
Is the one who thinks "I can."

Too mushy for me.  I like the one I saw in here the other day:  to win the
game is great, to play the game is greater, to love the game is greatest.

rick ellis
387.9real articulate dis guyCSC32::J_HERNANDEZI came, I saw, I freaked outThu Oct 11 1990 13:177
    My HS football coach had a real good one.
    
    Blah, blah, blah, Patton, Ike, Washington, blah, blah, blah, hit
    harder, blah, blah, blah...
    
    
    ...NOW LETS GO KICK SOME F*CKING *ASS!!!
387.10SASE::SZABOThu Oct 11 1990 13:3412
    >...NOW LETS GO KICK SOME F*CKING *ASS!!!
    
    Ok, I know the letter that should go where the 1st * is, but what the
    heck letter goes where the 2nd * is?  Let's see, BASS?  CASS?  DASS? 
    FASS?  GASS?  HASS?  KASS?  LASS?  MASS?  NASS?  RASS?  SASS?  TASS?
    WASS?
    
    I dunno, must me BASS.  Yeah, that's it.  Kick some f*cking bass!
    
    :-)
    
    Hawk
387.11LUNER::BROOKSStraight - no chaser ...Thu Oct 11 1990 15:037
    The best motivational line ever is in Ball Four when a AAA manager
    gathered his team together, held hsi thumb and forefinger about 1"
    apart, and told them :
    
    "Men, you are *this* far (1") away from big-league [sex]."
    
    heh heh heh
387.12MCIS1::DHAMELPartying and OctoberfesteringThu Oct 11 1990 16:0116
    
    Be brave, my son,
    And fight the fight!
    It's out there to be won!
    Do not go gentle into that good night;
    Take victory in the sun!
    
    So grasp the flame
    And rise to fame!
    Your hopes may rise, then dip.
    Your fate is yours, none else to blame;
    You lost because you sip.
    
    
    -Dickster Wadsworth Longfellow
    
387.13RIPPLE::DEVLIN_JOR Joe Morgan & Jerry Burns brothers??Thu Oct 11 1990 16:1912
    Dickster - I'm rollward,
    
    
    My H.S. football coach's inspirational speach always centered around
    Wake Island and WWII, the big one.   He always had a line that went:
    "Remember, the last 4 letters in American are ICAN..."
    
    My H.S. football team (I wasn't on the team, BTW) was so inspired
    that in my senior year they went 0-9-1 and sscored 6 points.  The
    tie was a 0-0 yawner in the most inept game ever played...
    
    JD
387.14GENRAL::WADEShhhhh, be vewy quiet......Thu Oct 11 1990 16:245
    
    	Well Sarge, anyone with lats as big as yours shoulda been
    	out there helping the team out....;^)
    
    	Claybroon
387.15QUASER::JOHNSTONLegitimateSportingPurpose?E.S.A.D.!Thu Oct 11 1990 16:413
   WaytagoDickster! Lovedit

   Mike JN
387.17Schneider: 5 minutes for swearingPTOECA::DEMOIzzatyourheadordidyourneckpuke??Thu Oct 11 1990 19:359
    Um, Er , Uh, EXCUSE ME MR. SCHNEIDER:
    
    You forgot your F@$KING @#$%*&'s.
    
    Youse tryin to get this bar shutdown or sumpin????
    
    
    101115
    
387.18JUPITR::DESROCHESA sad case is 24 emptiesFri Oct 12 1990 02:3318
    re .8
    
    Thats the one I saw. Thanks for posting it. It is a little musshy, but
    I still can use it. We can't really swear at these kids, because we
    suit up all our freshman and we got one of em that, the last time
    someone swore, he ran home and told momma and the next thing we know,
    the AD is at practice telling us he got a complaint from a parent. 
    Gawd, what happened to the old days when your coach's most
    inspirational speech was !%@$%^#$@$%^@$%@$$@%#$%@#$@#^ - NOW LETS
    WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    Anyway, we have to play one of the biggest teams in the SWCL this week,
    their offensive line is probably from end to end about 235lbs average
    and our biggest offensive lineman is 185!!!!! Big trouble in little
    China!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    Thanks..............Phil
    
387.19CAM::WAYBeaten like a redheaded stepchild...Fri Oct 12 1990 10:4514
>    Anyway, we have to play one of the biggest teams in the SWCL this week,
>    their offensive line is probably from end to end about 235lbs average
>    and our biggest offensive lineman is 185!!!!! Big trouble in little
>    China!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah, Phil, they're just a big bunch of slow guys.  Probably eat donuts
at half time too...

Superior technique and quickness can defeat size sometimes.

Good luck to you!

'Saw

387.20It Worked for the Steelers for YearsAKOAGS::GYOUNGDancin' at the Zombie ZooFri Oct 12 1990 12:076
    Phil ...... with that size (dis)advantage, I hope you've got lots of
    misdirection and traps planned.
    
    Good luck
    
    Greg
387.21STAR::YANKOWSKASOrioles in 1991Fri Oct 12 1990 12:286
    Good luck Phil...
    
    ...except if you happen to be playing West Boylston.  :-)
    
    
    py (WBHS '75)
387.22Rain...RAVEN1::B_ADAMSIt's that time again!Fri Oct 12 1990 21:456
    
    	?
    
    	Did the game get rained out?
    
    B.A.
387.23nopeCSC32::GL_JOHNSONEverythingIsPossibleNothingIsRealFri Oct 12 1990 22:025
    
    	Reds currently up 1-0 after Lind made an error on what should have
    been an easy DP. 
    
    						 glen j. 
387.24PFSVAX::JACOBDutch Ovens For SaleFri Oct 12 1990 23:155
    Top of 7th, Bucs have 2 on none out, game tied 1-1.  Charlton is
    relieving Jackson.
    
    JaKe
    
387.255 outs left for the Bucs.CSC32::GL_JOHNSONEverythingIsPossibleNothingIsRealFri Oct 12 1990 23:425
387.26JUPITR::DESROCHESA sad case is 24 emptiesSat Oct 13 1990 01:1614
    re .21
    
    Sorry Paul, we already played and beat West Boylston 23-13 for our only
    win to date. They've got a really good running back in Jeff Vanskyhawk,
    but not much else. They could be in for a long season, just like us at
    Prouty. We play Oxford this saturday night. We are hoping for rain to
    neutrilize (sp) their size and yes we've got some traps planned. Our
    coaching staff is really just hoping to come out of the game with
    something positive, although we coached this week to win. Only time
    will tell.
    
    
    
    Coach Phil
387.27Next Victim for the A'sPFSVAX::JACOBDutch Ovens For SaleSat Oct 13 1990 01:427
    By defeating the Bucs tonite, 2-1, the Reds have won the right to be
    the victims of the Oakland A's in this years world Series.
    
    I say the A's in 5.
    
    JaKe
    
387.28WFOVX8::MORRISONLife is for learningSat Oct 13 1990 09:275
    
    I say Reds in 6
    
    Bull~
    
387.29GO A's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!RAVEN1::M_PHILLIPSFlirting With DisasterMon Oct 15 1990 02:281
    A's in 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!