[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 8, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             NEVER GIVE UP

  (Mr. COBLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, last week in Ashland, Virginia, Randolph 
Macon College hosted Guilford College for a collegiate basketball game. 
With the game tied in overtime and six-tenths of a second remaining, a 
Randolph Macon player was awarded two free throws. He converted his 
first one and intentionally missed the second, concluding that time did 
not permit Guilford to make a play.
  Normally, that would have been sound strategy, but Guilford's Jordan 
Snipes grabbed the rebound and desperately heaved the ball the length 
of the court. Nothing but net and Guilford won on the shot seen around 
the world.
  The moral of the story: whether in athletics or in life, even with 
the odds overwhelmingly stacked against you, do not quit. Do not give 
up, there is always a chance, even though remote, to prevail.

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