Monday, September 10, 2012

Another Reminder of Pride

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same--

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it

Anyone self-identified as a tennis fan must be familiar with those words from Rudyard Kipling's If--. Those words--the first two lines to be exact--are right above the players' entrance to the Centre Court at Wimbledon. Just a few hours ago today, the world of tennis witnessed the perfect examples of ones who can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat them just the same.