It’s All a State of Mind

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you’d like to win, but think you can’t
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost
For out in the world you’ll find,
Success begins with a fellow’s will.
It’s all a state of mind.

For many a race is lost,
Ere even a step is run.
And many a coward fails,
Ere even his work’s begun.

Think big and your deeds will grow.
Think small and you’ll fall behind.
Think that you can and you will.
It’s all a state of mind.

If you think you’re outclassed, you are.
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You ever can win a prize.

Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger of faster man.
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the one who thinks he can.