"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."
- Patches O'Houlihan, Dodgeball
Today's quote is from dodgeball, which is on the brain after yesterday's stunning turn-around defeat. While I wouldn't take credit for holding the team together, it was surprising that when I took a time-out for a conference call, my team was up 7-3, when I came back, they were up 7-6, and at the end of the night, we were down 9-7. Talk about losing your mojo. One game really stood out, where we had 5 players left, and the other team only had 1. Through a series of insane dodges (by him), and missed catches (by us), he managed to get to a 2-to-1 man advantage and the team won the game.
While I don't have a distinct point to make, the quote is designed to inspire some cohesion in these ramblings. I sort of take it to mean if you can dodge the small, hard, focused, precisely-aimed challenges that come your way in life, you can dodge the big looming ones too. By practicing dodging the day-to-day, or at least, rolling with the punches, you'll be ready to handle the big challenges that come up.
"Ok, you want me up in a cage, then I'll come out in beast mode
I got this world stuck in the safe, combination is the G-code
It's Weezy motherfucker, blood gang and I'm in bleed mode"
- L'il Wayne, No Love
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