Reply #24: I was raised in a different sport, with different heroes

[Mopar151]

But Cus 'D Amato's comments ring very true to me. And so does you eloquent use of them as metaphor for life.

I'll throw in a couple homilies from some of my heroes in racing, 'cuz i think they might apply - or maybe you'll just like 'em.

"I'd rather be lucky than good - but you have to be good enough to use the luck that comes your way" Richard Petty

"It ain't all about brave. There's guys out there who would run to the last light if the finish line was at a cliff!" Don Garlits

"You can get a lot done, if you ain't afraid to buy some beer!" " Make adjustments big enough that you can tell what they did. If it don't do what you thought, go the other way and try it" Richie Evans, legendary partier, master of chassis setup, and 8-time NASCAR Modified Champion

"Stupidity is a powerful thing. Sometimes, it's more powerful than intelligence." A British tourist asked EJ "Man, is there ANYTHING you're scared of?" "Yup - goi'n to work for somebody else on Monday!" EJ Potter, the "Michigan Madman", rider of the "Widow Maker" 500 HP V-8 motorcycle - who never missed an exhibition date due to injury in a 20+ year career.A professor's son, farmer, pioneering tractor puller, and builder of some of the craziest contraptions ever powered by an Allison V-12

"We run pretty good with Freddy, once we stopped tryin' to blow the grandstands over!" Jim Oddy

" One thing about this sport - it'll give you moments you can replay for the rest of your life, just by closin' your eyes" "Dick said Junior was illiterate, and I know he uses a string instead of a tape measure to check his tire stagger (circumfrence). But he's not stupid - nobody can read a string lookin' over your shoulder!" "Duke" Southard, racing school instructor