LIONS Are In The Playoffs!

It Couldn't Be Done

by Edgar Albert Guest

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,

But, he with a chuckle replied...

That "maybe it couldn’t," but he would be one

Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.

So he buckled right in with the trace of a gri

On his face. If he worried he hid it.

He started to sing as he tackled the thing

That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you’ll never do that;

At least no one has done it";

But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,

And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.

With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,

Without any doubting or quiddit,

He started to sing as he tackled the thing

That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,

There are thousands to prophesy failure;

There are thousands to point out to you one by one,

The dangers that wait to assail you.

But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,

Just take off your coat and go to it;

Just start to sing as you tackle the thing

That "couldn’t be done," and you’ll do it.

UNBELIEVABLE!

What unbelievable 'Real Life' accomplishments have you witnessed?

Time Off?

The idea that we need “time off”
Comes from working for another,
To fulfill another man's dream.
If your life is directed
Toward fulfilling your dream,
Why would you want to take
“Time off” from that?

Are you engaged in a job or a career? A job is something that you do to make some money so that you can maintain a certain standard of living.

High School students bag at the food market, flip burgers at the fast food establishments, bus tables in restaurants to make a few bucks to buy some stuff. Making a career out of, “Will that be paper, or plastic?” however, is not what anyone would visualize themselves doing ten or fifteen years down the road.

A career is what you do, not only for money, but there are a great deal of other “intangibles” that are involved such as: rewarding, satisfying, fulfilling, actualizing. James A. Michner paints a good picture saying, “The Master in the Art of Living simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him, he’s always doing both.” When you are in the active pursuit of making your dreams come true, why would you ever want to take time off from that?

People have been criticized as workaholics. Are they really workaholics or do they just love what they do? When you love what you do, are absolutely enthralled, so totally engrossed in the task at hand that you transcend time, how can that be considered work?

Is this totally transcended state of being a rare occurrence in our society? Not if we look at our children who become infatuated with the latest computer or arcade game. They can sit and play that game for hours and hours and never tire of it. Parents have a hard time understanding how their kids can spend so much time with the same game. It’s not too big a stretch to say that the same type of misunderstanding may exist when those people engaged in “work” view those who are on a career mission.

Many of us have to rekindle those feelings of youth when we were enthusiastic, dedicated, committed, and absolutely determined to succeed.

Determine what you want to be, do and have; summon up the courage to follow that dream and attack it with the freshness of youth. by CoachFree

Believe that everything you deserve will
Eventually come your way.
You won’t have to grab for it.
You won’t have to force it.
It will simply catch up to you,
... Drawn along in the jet stream,
The forward motion of your hard work.
Pat Riley

There is no substitute for hard work. Hard work makes dreams come true. Everyone dreams of striking it rich in the lottery, winning the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, or scoring big in Vegas. But there are precious few of us who actually know someone who has had such luck much less win ourselves. The fact of the matter is that this country has been built with a tremendous amount of everyday, old fashioned work.

Everything you deserve will eventually come your way; drawn along in the jet stream of your hard work. Or, everything you deserve will eventually come your way due to your lack of work. I inform my students every year that, “If you do the work, I’ll take care of the grade, and if you don’t do the work, I’ll still take care of the grade.”

The fact of the matter is that the more you work, the better prepared you are, the more you have practiced and honed your skills, the better you will be able to perform and you will get more of the results you are seeking. If you are mentally prepared, better conditioned, stronger, more skillful than your opponent, what will be the results most of the time?

How do you know if what you have done is enough? When you get the results you are looking for; when you have reached and surpassed your stated goals, then you will know what it takes. You will have done enough, and as Vince Lombardi stated, “Each Sunday, after the battle, one group savors victory; another lives in the bitterness of defeat. The practice and the hard work of the season seem a small price for having won. For the loser there must be one hundred percent determination and dedication to win next time.” Until that moment of achievement, you have to operate on the faith and belief that what you are doing is moving you closer to what you desire. If you are not getting the results you are seeking, you must redouble your efforts and work harder at those skills which will take you over the top.

by CoachFree

HOW TO STOP A GOOD BACK

How to stop a good back: Don't let his get started - Get him before he gets to Jukeville! - "The 80 Yard Run" And how do you do that? "Our guys really don't have the threat of getting hurt in an actual game because they're just better, and better prepared, and they pLAy at a different speed - a different tempo." Coach Daddo, 'The 80 Yard Run' .......If your team is Bigger, Faster, Stronger & better prepared than the other team, you will get to that back before he gets to Jukeville most of the time. Remember, USC with O.J. Simpson lost to Ohio State's team defense in the Rose Bowl despite his running ability. Why? You guessed it - he never got to Jukeville. You may remember that Jack Tatum led that defense.

And that IS a Tackle. Tackling at all levels seems to be a lost art, but not here. OJ got away with one 8O yard scoring run but bottled up the remainder of the game. Who knows who the defensive backfield coach was for that game?