I owe almost everything to Getbig , which I've spent the greater part of my life in. And I have never lost my respect, my admiration nor my love for what I consider a great board . And each day after the ownings , one group savors victory; another group lives in the bitterness of defeat. The many hurt feelings seem a small price to pay for having won, and there's no reason at all which is adequate for having lost. To the winner, there is one hundred percent elation, one hundred percent laughter, one hundred percent fun. And to the loser, the only thing left for him is one hundred percent resolution, and one hundred percent determination. It's a game - and I think - a great deal like life, in that it demands a mans personal commitment, be it toward excellence, be it toward victory; even though you know that ultimate victory can never be completely won. Yet it must be pursued with all of one's might. And each week, theres a new encounter; each year, a new challenge. But all of the blue stars and all of the posts ; all of the color and all of the display; they linger only in the memory. But the spirit - the will to win, and the will to excel - these are the things that endure, and these are the qualities of course that are so much more important than any of the events that occasion them. And Id like to say that the quality of any mans life has got to be a full measure of that man's personal commitment to excellence and to victory, regardless of what board he may be posting in.
