John Wooden recited this poem in a TED video and mentions Moriarty as the author:
So you and I know deeper down there is a chance to win the crown,
But when we fail to give our best, we simply haven’t met the test
Of giving all and saving none until the game is really won.
Of showing what is meant by grit, of fighting on when others quit,
Of playing through not letting up, it’s bearing down that wins the cup.
Of taking it and taking more until we gain the winning score,
Of dreaming there’s a goal ahead, of hoping when our dreams are dead,
Of praying when our hopes have fled. Yet, losing, not afraid to fall,
If bravely we have given all, for who can ask more of a man
than giving all, it seems to me, is not so far from - Victory.
And so the fates are seldom wrong, no matter how they twist and wind,
It’s you and I who make our fates, we open up or close the gates,
On the Road Ahead or the Road Behind.
The woods near Robert Frost's home in New Hampshire.
Poetry begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
-Robert Frost
The Frost poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," was recited by Pony Boy to Johnny in The Outsiders. Later, using a phrase from the poem, Johnny challenges Pony Boy to "stay gold."
-Robert Frost
The Frost poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," was recited by Pony Boy to Johnny in The Outsiders. Later, using a phrase from the poem, Johnny challenges Pony Boy to "stay gold."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhkodnjYDPg