Funmbi Aransiola - A contender

Everybody wants to be a champion
That's not enough
You have to start by wanting to be a contender
The man coming up
The man who knows there is a good chance he'll never get to the top
The man who's willing to sweat and bleed to get up as high as his legs and brains and his heart will take him
The man who is willing to taste his own sweat and blood and will love it.
There I learn it's the effort, not the win that makes a man
That last desperate struggle to get back on your feet
When you thought you were down for the count

Funmbi Aransiola

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