Poetry
That's Success! 
Berton Braley {
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It's doing your job the best you can,
And being just to your fellow man;
It's making money - but holding friends,
And being true to your aims and ends.
It's figuring how and learning why,
And looking forward and thinking high;
And dreaming a little and doing much,
It's keeping always in closest touch.
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With what is finest in word and deed,
It's being thorough, yet making speed;
It's daring blithely the field of chance,
While making labor a brave romance.
It's going onward despite defeat,
And fighting staunchly, but keeping sweet;
It's being clean and it's playing fair,
It's laughing lightly at Dame Despair. |
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It's looking up at the stars above ,
And drinking deeply of life and love;
It's struggling on with the will to win,
But taking loss with a cheerful grin.
It's sharing sorrow and work and mirth,
And making better this good old earth;
It's serving, striving through strain and stress,
It's doing your noblest - that's success! |
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Berton Braley (1882-1966) was an American poet and novelist. This inspiring poem of his was read during the broadcast of the BBC 2005 Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony.
2006
World Cup
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Numbers 1-4, above, correspond to the numbering used for the Groups drawing,
in Leipzig (2005), number one being the seed.squad, in each Group.
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