Never give in

The movie “Facing the Giants” has several emotional moments.
In one, the coach challenges the team’s defensive star.
He must do the “death crawl” blindfolded to the 50-year line.
In the death crawl, you crawl on your hands and feet.
You carry another player on your back.
You are in full pads, in the sweltering Georgia summer sun.
As he crawls forward in fatigue and pain, the coach coaxes him.
“Don’t give up on me, Brock,” the coach keeps telling him.
But Brock wants to quit. “It’s too hard,” he screams.
But the coach urges him to keep going.
All the other players stop what they're doing to watch.
They realize the coach is teaching the star a major lesson.
When Brock finally collapses, he takes off the blindfold.
He realizes he is in the end zone. He has crawled 100 yards.
It is a decisive lesson for the entire team. “Never give up.”
In the big game, the team is behind and exhausted.
The coach keeps urging them to stay in and play.
You'll have to see the movie to find out what happens.
Winston Churchill was asked to speak to the boys at Harrow.
He was a Harrow graduate who became prime minister.
It was an horrific time for the English.
The Nazis were bombing their cities nightly.
Churchill used his oratory to rally his nation.
Churchill told the boys, “Never give in, never, ever, ever . . .
"In all things great or small . . . never give in.”
It is one of Churchill's most inspiring speeches.
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It's a link to Ron Kurtus' School for Champions.
When you are tempted to quit, remember the “death crawl”.
When you are tempted to give in, remember Churchill.
Losers give in . . . winners never do.
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