Just a reminder

This advice, I suppose, has myriad applications: If you want to win, be ready to work. No one owes you anything. Entitlement is not a substitute for strategy. How you start is great, but it's how you finish that counts. Character counts, too. Losing with your pride and dignity intact is often a more rewarding experience than winning by sacrificing your beliefs and abandoning your principals. Being against something is much, much easier than being for anything. Act like you've been there before. Win by building a successful team greater than the sum of its parts. Learn from your mistakes. Be ready to take a punch and even more ready to punch back, harder, but not with cheap shots. Don't let anyone disparage your belief that tomorrow can and should be better than today. Ignore those whose last resort is to drag you into the mud. Rise above. There is no such thing as luck. Arrogance doesn't look good on winners or losers. Remember where you came from. Respect yourself and respect those who believe in you. Fight with all you've got, but know when to stop fighting. Lead by example. Win well, but lose well, too. And always enjoy the ride.