It is not the critic who counts,not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arens,whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;who stives valiantly;who errs,and comes short again and again;because there is not effort without error and shortcoming;but who does actually strive to do the deeds;who knows the great enthusiasms,the great devotions;who spends himself in a worthy cause,who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievement and who at the worst,if he fails,at least fails whiledaring greatly,so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
真正令人尊敬的並非那些評論家和那些指出強者是如何跌倒，實幹家本該做得更好的人。
榮譽屬於那些親臨競技場，滿臉污泥，汗水和鮮血的人。他們不懈努力，他們曾犯過過錯，並一再失敗。因爲付出即意味着犯錯和失敗。他們滿懷激情地努力做事，執着不懈，將生命奉獻於崇高的事業。他們爲經過艱辛努力最終取得的偉大成就而自豪，如果失敗，他們夜敗的'榮耀。因而，這樣的人永遠不應與那些不知道勝利，也從未失敗過的冷淡而膽怯的靈魂相提並論。