STATE OF MIND
If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you’d like to win, but you think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch that you won’t.
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If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost;
For out in the world you’ll find
Success begins with a person’s will.
It’s all in the state of mind!
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Full many a race is lost
Before even a step is run.
And many coward falls
Before even his work is begun.
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Think high and your deeds will grow.
Think low and you’ll fall behind.
Think that you can and you will.
It’s all in the state of mind.
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If you think you’re outclassed, you are.
You have to think high to rise.
You have to be sure of yourself
Before you can win a prize.
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Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later the one who wins,
Is the one who thinks he can!
