[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1711-1712]
[From the U.S. 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

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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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