YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT TO BE A WINNER

     Year after year J was the winner of the national motorcycle dirt track races.
     You have to go faster than the other bikes if you want to win a race.
     There is a curve on a popular track that cannot be taken at over 90 miles per hour.
     J tries to take it at 91 miles per hour.
     But his bike can't do it. He falls, two or three bikes that had been following him run over him and his bike, and continue on their way.
     He picks up his machine, starts it, opens the throttle all the way, and comes in third.

     One year the Special Olympics was held at Notre Dame University.
     The TV reporter approached a 14 year old boy who was warming up, and asked, "Are you gonna win this race?"
     The boy said, "I might not come in first." Then, "I might not come in second." And then, "I might not come in third." "BUT, I'M STILL A NICE GUY!"

     The interviewer said to Steve Allen, "You've written all these books and songs. You're such a winner!"
    Steve said, "Just a minute. For every book I've written, I've been rejected by numerous publishers. Do you realize that LIFE IS MOSTLY LOSING?"

Moral: You don't have to be perfect to be a winner.