Be the Best
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President Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States in the early 1900's, was a true warrior. He recruited his own U.S. Army regiment, the famous Rough Riders, to fight in the Spanish American War of 1898. During his charge up San Juan Hill during the war, he cried out "I’m going to take that hill! Who’s coming with me?" His credo is an inspiration to Taekwondo students seeking to be the best.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or now the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by sweat and dust and blood; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in worthy causes; who at the best, knows in the end of the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
President Calvin Coolidge
To be the best requires perseverance. The following quote is attributed to Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States in the 1920s.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; un-rewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.