Conference 7.286::sports_90

    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

    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

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

    >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^)

  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

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

    	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

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

    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!!!

    >...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

    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

    
    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
    

    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

    
    	Well Sarge, anyone with lats as big as yours shoulda been
    	out there helping the team out....;^)
    
    	Claybroon

   WaytagoDickster! Lovedit

   Mike JN

    Um, Er , Uh, EXCUSE ME MR. SCHNEIDER:
    
    You forgot your F@$KING @#$%*&'s.
    
    Youse tryin to get this bar shutdown or sumpin????
    
    
    101115
    

    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
    

>    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

    Phil ...... with that size (dis)advantage, I hope you've got lots of
    misdirection and traps planned.
    
    Good luck
    
    Greg

    Good luck Phil...
    
    ...except if you happen to be playing West Boylston.  :-)
    
    
    py (WBHS '75)

    
    	?
    
    	Did the game get rained out?
    
    B.A.

    
    	Reds currently up 1-0 after Lind made an error on what should have
    been an easy DP. 
    
    						 glen j. 

    Top of 7th, Bucs have 2 on none out, game tied 1-1.  Charlton is
    relieving Jackson.
    
    JaKe
    

    
    	Top of 8th, DReds lead 2-1. Qui�ones singles to score Oester. 
    Myers on the mound.
    
                                                 glen j.

    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

    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
    

    
    I say Reds in 6
    
    Bull~
    

    A's in 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!