Thought For The Day

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams whole heartedly, you become free. Know what I'm saying? Move past the fear.
- LL Cool J -

How Do You Act When The Pressure's On?

How do you act when the pressure's on,
When the chance for victory is almost gone.
When Fortune's star has refused to shine,
When the ball is on your five yard line?

How do you act when the going's rough,
Does your spirit lag when the breaks are tough?
Or, is there in you a flame that glows
Brighter as fiercer the battle grows?

How hard, how long will you fight the foe?
That's what the world would like to know!

Cowards can fight when they're out ahead.
The uphill grind shows a thoroughbred!
You wish for success? Then tell me son,
How do you act when the pressure's on?

From "The Winners Manual" by Jim Tressell
Head Football Coach at Ohio State University

Poem For The Day

When you get what you want in your struggle for self,
And the world makes you King for a day,
Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what that guy has to say.

For it isn't your Father, or Mother, or Wife,
Whose judgment upon you must pass,
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life,
Is the guy staring back from the glass.

He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest,
For he's with you clear up to the end,
And you've passed your most difficult, dangerous test,
If the guy in the glass is your friend.

You may be like Jack Horner and "chisel" a plum,
And think you're a wonderful guy,
But the man in the glass says you're only a bum,
If you can't look him straight in the eye.

You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years,
And get pats on the back as you pass,
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears,
If you've cheated the guy in the glass.

- 'The Guy In The Glass' by Dale Wimbrow -

Thought For The Day

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
- Tom Landry -

OFFICIAL Football Top 25

1. Oklahoma - Sooners renew Red River Rivalry vs Texas in Dallas Sat.
2. LSU - Rested after bye week. At Florida, could get down and dirty.
3. Missouri - Big win @ Nebraska. Hosts undefeated Okla. State.
4. Alabama - Bye week, then hosts dangerous Ole Miss.
5. Texas - Longhorns vs Sooners Saturday in the Cotton Bowl!
6. BYU - Averaging 41 pts. per game. Hosts New Mexico.
7. Penn State - Might be underrated. At Wisconsin Saturday.
8. Texas Tech - Run and gun Red Raiders host Nebraska.
9. Florida - Party Boys host LSU. Tebow, watch your knees.
10. Georgia - After bye week they should pound Tennessee.
11. Southern Cal - Entertains Ariz. State - both starting QB's are hurt.
12. Ohio State - Big win vs Wisconsin. Should beat Pudue at home.
13. Utah - Squeaked by Oregon St., should win at Wyoming.
14. Vanderbilt - Huge SEC win vs Auburn. at Mississipi St. Sat.
15. Virginia Tech - 5-1. Tough schedule, @ BC, then @ Fla. State.
16. South Florida - Lost Big East battle to Pitt., Syracuse next.
17. Oklahoma State - 5-0. Are they ready to upset Missouri?
18. Michigan State - Best 1 loss team? Hosts Northwestern
19. Ball State - Cardinals are ranked for the first time in 84 yrs.
20. Boston College - vs Va. Tech., old time Big East rivalry.
21. Massachusetts - Nice win vs Delaware. at Northeastern Sat.
22. Framingham State - 3-2 Rams entertain 2-3 Bridgewater Sat.
23. Saint Anselm - Struggling Hawks travel to Merrimack Fri. night.
24. Natick High School - 5-0, beat Braintree 35-14. Bye week.
25. Dennis-Yarmouth - 2-2, lost to strong Marshfield. @ Somerset.

Thought For The Day

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
- Thomas Jefferson -, Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1802)3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)

Thought For The Day

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
- Sam Levenson -