By far my favourite Scotland vs Brazil story is the referee saying “Good luck, may the best team win” to both captains before the game in 1982 and Graeme Souness replying “I fucking hope not”
With the start of the World Cup less than a week away I thought I'd share something a little different for Football Memories - a stamp designed for Royal Mail which was set to go into production when Scotland came home with the trophy in June 1978...
[artist: Barry Wilkinson; source: National Library of Scotland]
Roger Federer dropped some real wisdom in his Dartmouth commencement speech:
He won nearly 80% of his 1,526 professional matches, but only 54% of the points he played.
Even one of the greatest tennis players of all time lost almost half his points.
His lesson: Don’t dwell on every mistake. A double fault, a lost point, even a bad day, it’s just one point. The champions move on quickly with the same focus and fire for the next one.
This is one of the best mindset lessons I’ve heard in a long time. It applies way beyond tennis.
Life is full of losses and setbacks. The difference between average and exceptional is how quickly you reset and keep playing.
This is absolutely incredible. Get this watched if you haven’t already.
Proper up for this now, let’s do this Scotland. Time to make history. 🏴🏴🏴
Explaining to children that they shouldn't worry about a career because the world will be completely unlivable in 15 years and that death will be a sweet relief from living in a nuclear wasteland is probably the hardest part of working at Build-A-Bear.
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