Bobby Knight says: "Dumb Loses More Games than Smart Wins."
I heard this quote over the weekend following #1 seed Pittsburgh's loss to #8 seeded Butler. ( Butler, BTW, of the infamous Killer B's). Basically a dumb play was made by a smart player.
I thought this made a lot of sense. This would make a nice blog topic... maybe even post it in the Motivational Mondays group.
But as I began to write... I couldn't quite get it together in my head. What the H__ is he saying? I mean I know what he meant when he said it but now that I try to write a little ole post about it... I'm not sure how to relate it to life.
Does it mean that no matter how smart you are and how smart you play... it's the one dumb move that someone will make that will lose the game?
So I think winning the game is as much about not making the dumb moves as it is playing it smart.
It takes just that one dumb move... take your eye off the target just once.... lose your focus in what you're doing.... forget to follow through and You could lose the game.
Think about this as you go through your week.
What do you think it means??
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