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Good Morning,
Am I a genius? Probably not. I once got a C on my report card in 6th grade. I once tried to street luge into traffic. I once locked my keys in the trunk of my car. To my defense, I was able to break into my car with a flathead screwdriver, a folded up Chick-fil-A nuggets box, a hanger, and some tape. If anything, I’m a more handsome MacGyver. But not a genius. Maybe genius is in the eye of the beholder. Like, if you beholding a degree from Harvard or Yale. Enough with the jokes. We need to revisit the C I got in 6th grade. Yes, it’s true.
Have you ever read the speech, “What It Takes to Be Number One?” by legendary coach Vince Lombardi? I have it memorized. Not because I’m a genius, but because when I got that C on my report card, my dad made me write it by hand in its entirety 10 times. It is as follows:
“Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them right all of the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that’s first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don’t ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win. Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he’s got to play from the ground up – from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That’s O.K. You’ve got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you’ve got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you’re lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he’s never going to come off the field second. Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization – an army, a political party or a business (or a weekly newsletter). The principles are the same. The object is to win – to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don’t think it is. It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That’s why they are there – to compete. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules – but to win. And in truth, I’ve never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat. I don’t say these things because I believe in the ‘brute’ nature of men or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour — his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear — is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.”
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Hand Selected Articles From Me To You
What a treat we have in store this week. At this point, you all are usually broken hearted as you know this section marks the end of this week’s Daily Dispatch. Not this week. This week you get an encore!! Did you know, the Eagles band lost Randy Meisner because of their encore song? It’s true. Fun fact: they stole Meisner from the band Poco. Afterwards, Poco replaced Meisner with Timothy Schmit. When Meisner left the Eagles, they stole Schmit from Poco. Poor Poco. My dream for you all is to be Eagles in a world of Pocos. Go out there and take what’s yours!
All My Love,
Seth Winton
A Reading From The Mailbag
As you may guess, we receive a lot of letters here at DD HQ. I have decided to share one of the many letters we received this week. Ok here we go, I’m reaching into the bag. Got me a good one. Let’s see what it says!
“It’s me, Dak Prescott. For the first time in my life, I’m struggling to sleep soundly on my sleep number bed. Something has changed. For my entire career, we’ve all agreed if the Cowboys win, it’s because I’m great, if the Cowboys lose, it’s someone else’s fault. Can we please keep doing that? Sure, I threw multiple picks almost every week, but at this point the receivers should know I won’t be accurate and run to somewhere a little bit away from their routes. If I’m not careful, people are going to find out Daniel Jones is a better quarterback than me.
I took the batteries out of Jerry’s remote so he can’t see what people are saying about me on TV. Speaking of Jerry Jones, he told me if I don’t call him “Daddy Jer ” he can void my contract. Will you have your legal team look into that for me? Yesterday he asked my opinions on Ceedee Lamb. When I started to answer, he screamed in my face, “YOU APPARENTLY CAN’T SEE DEE DEFENDERS BUT YOU CAN CEE DEEZ NUTS!” and proceeded to pull his pants down. I hope he dies soon so his douche nephew or whoever that red head kid in the press box is can take over.
Do you wanna know a secret? This could change everything. Zeke told me this and it’s the reason I’ve been so bad this season. You know that move “Get Out”? Well, it’s not entirely made up. It’s based on NFL owners. All these old white dudes want to be us so bad. Sure, they’re richer than a lot of countries, but that’s not enough for these guys. They want to be athletes. When they know they are about to die, they pick their favorite athlete and put their consciousness into them. Don’t believe me? Take Alex Spanos and LaDainian Tomlinson as an example. LT was dominant. He consistently rushed over 1,000 yards a season. That is until 2009. His statics dropped dramatically. Why? Could it be that when billionaire and San Diego Charger team owner Alex Spanos was diagnosed with dementia in 2008 he transferred his consciousness into LT’s body?
You tell me.
As you can see, Jerry is basically a walking corpse at this point. I mean look at the guy and tell me he doesn’t creep you out . After he was drastically overpaid, Zeke began to fear Jerry had selected him as his future body. He began to tank so Jer would find him less appealing. Well, he had already told me about the owners and so having made the playoffs 2 years in a row (rare for us) I began to worry he would target me. Tom brady is so scared of being Get Outed that he left New England, divorced his super model wife, and lost to the Cowboys for the first time in his career. I hope my performance this season and in the last game is enough to save me.
-Rayne Dakota Prescot”
