This morning word surfaces that Senator Clinton will call it a race on Saturday and endorse Senator Obama. While I have never been a fan of Senator Clinton, I relish the competition that has been waged with her over the course of this campaign. Competition is a positive, it that forces us to push ourselves beyond our perceived limits.
I have been involved in major college football for over 20 seasons and in this world it is about competition every day. Practice is great, but how do we ever find anything about ourselves if we don't take the field and compete?
We line up opposite a worthy adversary and we compete from the first play of the game until the final whistle. We challenge ourselves to prepare and to train and to get better every day. When the game is on, it is only through the preparation that has been done prior to the game that we are successful.
Our Head Coach at Penn State Joe Paterno says three things all the time that ring true in anything you do in life:
#1. Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves.
#2. You either get better or you get worse, you never stay the same.
#3. The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
These are 3 things that became evident in the course of the campaign. Senator Obama's campaign takes care of the little things, gets better every day, and has a will to prepare. Only because Senator Clinton pushed every day was there pressure to keep improving. There was never a time to coast or rest on a win from the previous contest.
This will hold us in good stead as we move ahead to face Senator McCain in the general election. He will be a formidable adversary. To win, we all must be willing to prepare, strive to improve every day and take care of the little things.
Everyone can get involved on any level. I've helped canvass for voters, get voters to the polls, register voters, stuffed envelopes and even helped my own children make banners for the Obama Rally here at Penn State.
It is going to be the little things that make the difference--registering voters and getting them out to vote. It all begins now. Get involved on any level you can--no matter how big or small your perceive your role to be.
We can not fear to compete, because that fear leads to a failure to compete. This campaign has proven that we can compete with anyone we face--and we will prove ourselves again in November.
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