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2 November 2004

State of Mind

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think that you dare not, you don’t.
If you’d like to win, but think you can’t,
It’s almost certain that you won’t.
If you think that you’ll lose, you’ve lost.
For out in the world you’ll find,
Success begins with a fellows will,
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are.
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
you can ever win a prize.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

Jesse Owens
Found via mentalacrobatics

Tags: Poetry

Comments (7)

Amaka — November 2nd, 2004 at 11pm

Some deep sturvs! Well, id say nuff with the thinkin! You best get off ur behind and do something!

I think i can i think i can choo choo

Remi — November 4th, 2004 at 8pm

Jacobs’ Law of Scarcity states that if your time (a resource) was precious… Anyway, I hope the poem motivates you as well
I get the feeling that time is not a scare commodity in Warwick but what do i know, Stay motivated and think. (it is harder than you think)

Tunde — November 19th, 2004 at 5am

oh yeah, i think am going to b stinking rich and all that good stuff, u know what am talking about………..thats pretty long to get that message across. Oh yeah, U 4GOT IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY DUDE!

amaka — November 20th, 2004 at 10pm

remi, i think this blog thing is bi-monthly right? anyways, wasnt aware of Jacobs scarcity of Law but wouldnt bother educating myself since ‘time is precious’! Apparently people that think hard end up havin them lines on their face that’ll take botox/ surgery to fix -Will and Grace
and since obi aint into that kinna surgery, ama stick to less thinking!

dans November 23rd, 2004 at 10pm

very easy and cliche sounding…but i’m sure its true….but then again truth is relative

Tunde — November 26th, 2004 at 7am

Hey Rmi, is there any brand name “Mckenzie” over there? At least that is what i think its called.

Crystal November 28th, 2004 at 8pm

wow..the thoughts of this poetry is powerful..

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