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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 4276616, member: 7492"] While I too, was disappointed by the loss last night in the Final, I wanted to caution the many critics on this board with a speech given by Teddy Roosevelt at the Sorbonne in 1910. It is often referred to as the "The Man in the Arena" speech and many, many of us would do well to reach and understand it, before continuing on with comments that this forum allows friends and foes alike to opine. Of note is the VERY 1st LINE that we would do well to heed. [I]"[U]It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.[/U] The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."[/I] I applaud the effort this team gave us and resiliency that this team has shown and will continue to show as it also deals with the next efforts required. Thank you UCONN 2021-22 TEAM. [/QUOTE]