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HOW TO STAY MOTIVATED
Developing the Qualities of Success
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A few thousand years ago a fellow named Job said something profound. He said, “That which I feared greatly has come to pass.” They’re afraid they’re going to score, and that fear comes to pass. Now, psychologists will tell you in a New York minute (and, for your information, that’s 32 seconds), that you move to the strongest impression in your mind. And if you’re afraid they’re going to score on you, then the chances go up that they will score on you.
Let me give you a specific example. How many of you remember the tragedy that took place in San Francisco in 1982 when the San Francisco 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys in the upset championship game? Now, I know a lot of you folks reading this are not going to think that was a tragedy, but believe me, it was! Do you remember what happened? Dallas had just gone ahead; they’d scored a touchdown. Now they kick off with two minutes to play. Montana leads the 49ers all the way down the field. We’ve got our prevent defense in there and you know what the play was. He sends Dwight Clark into the end zone. He throws him the pass. Clark doesn’t realize he’s trying to throw the ball out of the stadium. He jumps 28 feet straight up in the air, makes the catch, the 49ers win the game. Now, when the Cowboys got back the next day, Tex Schramm, who was the president of the Cowboys at that time, was being interviewed by the media, and they asked him, “Tex, what happened?” And he gave us a lesson in life with his answer: He replied, “The Dallas Cowboys went out there determined not to lose the game. The San Francisco 49ers went out there determined to win the game.”
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