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06-21-2007, 03:38 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Grimes, IA
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Saw this quote above a eraser board in one of the new photos on Cyclones.com (picture below).
Absolutely love the quote, a great attitude to instill!  |
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06-21-2007, 03:40 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Eldridge, IA
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Credits: 503,073 Year: 2003 NFL: Falcons NBA: Magic MLB: Twins | Re: "Good is the enemy of great"
Looks like someone's read my dad's fave book... (Good to Great - I forget the author)
And you know - those gold pants don't look half bad with that jersey
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06-21-2007, 03:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Maryland
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"Good is the enemy of great"
I love Chizik already...
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06-21-2007, 03:46 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Des Moines
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Are we sure that wasn't already there?
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Deep within the heart of Iowa, a storm is brewing...
... the winds of change ripple throughout the vast fields of corn surrounding the small college town of Ames.
The Gene Chizik era of football continues, and, with it, a renewed attitude of pride, determination, and success.
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06-21-2007, 03:49 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Grimes, IA
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I'd be surprised if it was already there. All coaches have their own motivational phrases.
Chizik said he is bringing in an all-new attitude and I bet this is part of it.
Regardless, I just love the phrase.
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06-21-2007, 03:49 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Maryland
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Originally Posted by AirWalke  Are we sure that wasn't already there? If it was it sure as **** wasnīt something that was believed in, and I doubt Chizik would leave it up if he didnīt believe it
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06-21-2007, 03:52 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Des Moines
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Originally Posted by jdoggivjc Looks like someone's read my dad's fave book... (Good to Great - I forget the author)
And you know - those gold pants don't look half bad with that jersey
Jim Collins
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Walk hard
Hard
Down life's
Rocky road
Walk bold
Hard
That my creed
My code
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06-21-2007, 03:55 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Originally Posted by AirWalke Are we sure that wasn't already there?
You're, you're kidding right??? Please say you're kidding. I beg of you, please say you're kidding. I hope you're kidding.  | | | |
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06-21-2007, 04:45 PM
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| | All-Star
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ames
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Credits: 279,157 Year: 2010 Degree: B.M. Music Education | Re: "Good is the enemy of great"
Originally Posted by darts180 You're, you're kidding right??? Please say you're kidding. I beg of you, please say you're kidding. I hope you're kidding. Stuff it, darts. You've done enough threadjacking.
As for the phrase: I've always loved that saying. Seeing it in a visible place in the football players' area is encouraging.
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06-21-2007, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Clive, IA
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It used to say:
"I'm really, really proud of your tremendous, tremendous effort today. We played not to lose but we still did. You'll need to be the most improved team in the Big XII next week, no doubt about it."
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ISU Grad 1997.
ISU Fan for Life.
Not in CO anymore but I'm not changing my name :)
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06-21-2007, 04:49 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Des Moines
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I wasn't kidding, I just thought maybe they still had it up from previous years. If it were a mantra the coaches were trying to teach the players, I'd expect it to be scrawled onto the dry erase board. You guys could be right, though, and it was made upon Chizik's request.
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Deep within the heart of Iowa, a storm is brewing...
... the winds of change ripple throughout the vast fields of corn surrounding the small college town of Ames.
The Gene Chizik era of football continues, and, with it, a renewed attitude of pride, determination, and success.
This is Cyclone Football. | |
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06-21-2007, 05:00 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Originally Posted by CyinCo It used to say:
"I'm really, really proud of your tremendous, tremendous effort today. We played not to lose but we still did. You'll need to be the most improved team in the Big XII next week, no doubt about it."
And below that was "
"Even if we don't win both halves, just make sure we at least win the last"
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And as crummy as this one felt, Cyclone fans, it could be a lot worse. You could be a Hawkeye. - Sean Keeler (imagine that, actually quoting Keeler!)
Matt (00 Alumn)
Waukee, Iowa
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06-21-2007, 10:02 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I don't know for certain but I would guess Chizik brought this phrase to the table. They usually get rid of anything the old coach had...especially when taking over a losing program.
As for the book Good to Great by Jim Collins...I commend it to all who have not read it...it is a fantastic read that can benefit anyone in any line of work.
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I cheer for two teams, Iowa State and whoever is playing the hawkeyes.
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06-21-2007, 10:23 PM
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| | Bench Warmer
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ankeny, Iowa
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It's the first sentence in Jim Collin's book Good to Great. Good is the enemy of great.And that is one of the reasons that we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, precisely because it is easy to settle for a good life. The vast majority of companies never become great precisely because they become quite good. - and that is their main problem. |
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06-22-2007, 06:42 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Omaha
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The quote has been around the block for awhile
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