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Thursday, July 15, 2010

The Death Match

By Tangotiger, 05:20 PM

Leave it to Poz and his campfire stories (I just love this guy):

Well … here it is. We talk a lot about courage in sports, and it’s usually a ridiculous use of the word. Courage to make a putt. Courage to drive in the winning run. Courage to stand in the pocket. Now, here, this is at the heart of courage — what do you do? Do you lay down in the second half, lose the game, lose what matters most to you in order to stay alive? Or do you keep playing in the belief that this game is more than a game, that winning and losing is more than a score?

Win the game, replenish your soul, and die.

Or lose, worry about living later (maybe), and survive another day.

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