A Coaches Prayer
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BUILD ME AN ATHLETE whose heart will be clear, whose goals will be high; an athlete who will master herself before she seeks to master others; one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; one who will reach into the future yet never forget the past. And after all these things are her, add, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, never to take herself too seriously. Give her humility, so that she may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength. Then, I, her coach, will dare to whisper; "I have not lived in vain."
adapted from A Father's Prayer
by Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Reader's Digest, May 1952, p. 81
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