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Alumunus Football<\/strong> Bill Jones had been the shining star upon his college team, Bill had the speed\u2014Bill had the weight\u2014the nerve to never yield; When he wound up his college course each student’s heart was sore; Sweet are the dreams of campus life\u2014the world which lies beyond So, with his sheepskin tucked beneath his brawny arm one day, He tried to run the ends of life\u2014when lo\u2014with vicious toss Bill tried to punt out of the rut\u2014but ere he turned the trick But one day when across the field of fame the goal seemed dim, “Cut out this work around the ends\u2014go in there, low and hard\u2014 “Keep coming back for all they’ve got and take it with a grin “You’ll find the bread-line hard to buck and fame’s goal far away, Alumunus Football By Grantland Rice Bill Jones had been the shining star upon his college team, His tackling was ferocious and his bucking was a dream; When husky William tucked the ball beneath his brawny arm They had a special man to ring the ambulance alarm. Bill had the speed\u2014Bill had the weight\u2014the nerve to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[502,42272],"tags":[42295],"class_list":["post-21664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character","category-manly-lessons","tag-manvotionals"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/foot-456x280.jpg","aom":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/foot-372x230.jpg","reactor-320":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2011\/12\/foot-320x449.jpg"},"yoast_head":"\n
\nBy Grantland Rice<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHis tackling was ferocious and his bucking was a dream;
\nWhen husky William tucked the ball beneath his brawny arm
\nThey had a special man to ring the ambulance alarm.<\/p>\n
\nFrom goal to goal he whizzed along while fragments strewed the field;
\nAnd there had been a standing bet\u2014which no one tried to call\u2014
\nThat he could gain his distance through a ten-foot granite wall.<\/p>\n
\nThey wept to think that Husky Bill would buck the line no more;
\nNot so with William\u2014in his dreams he saw the field of fame
\nWhere he would buck to glory in the swirl of life’s big game.<\/p>\n
\nGleams ever on our inmost gaze with visions fair and fond;
\nWe see our fondest hopes achieved and on with striving soul
\nWe buck the line and run the ends until we reach the goal.<\/p>\n
\nBill put on steam and dashed into the thickest of the fray;
\nWith eyes ablaze, he sprinted where the laureled highway led\u2014
\nWhen Bill woke up his scalp hung loose and knots adorned his head.<\/p>\n
\nA bill-collector tackled him and threw him for a loss;
\nAnd when he switched his course again and crashed into the line,
\nThe massive guard named failure did a two-step on his spine.<\/p>\n
\nRick-tackle competition tumbled through and blocked the kick;
\nAnd when he tackled at success in one long vicious bound,
\nThe full-back, disappointment, steered his features in the ground.<\/p>\n
\nThe wise old coach, experience, came up and said to him:
\n“Old boy,” spoke he, “the main point now before you win your bout
\nIs keep on bucking failure till you’ve worn the lobster out.<\/p>\n
\nJust put your eye upon the goal and start there, yard by yard;
\nAnd more than all\u2014when you are thrown\u2014or tumbled with a crack\u2014
\nDon’t lie there whining\u2014hustle up\u2014and keep on coming back.<\/p>\n
\nWhen disappointment trips you up or failure barks your shin;
\nKeep coming back\u2014and if at last you lose the game of right
\nLet those who whipped you know at least they, too, have had a fight,<\/p>\n
\nBut hit the line and hit it hard across each rushing play;
\nFor when the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name\u2014
\nHe marks\u2014not that you won or lost\u2014but how you played the game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"