Letter From the Editor

Words to live by ...
by: Aaron S. Lee
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The sign above the Marshall High School (Texas) weight room door reads: “If you can force your heart, mind and body to serve you long after they are gone, and you can hold on when there is nothing left within you except the will that’s says to then hold on – then you will be a man.”

Those words are paraphrased from one of history’s greatest poems. Now, I’m not sure why poet Rudyard Kipling wrote those words, but I can only assume he did so while watching the Marshall Mavericks play football on a cool, breezy autumn Friday night, with the game on the line and pride in their hearts. For those of you not familiar with Kipling’s work entitled “If” ... please allow me the opportunity to share it:

If
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