“For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes not that you won or lost, but how you played the game!” – Grantland Rice

“For when the One Great Scorer

comes to mark against your name,

He writes not that you won or lost,

but how you played the game!”

– Grantland Rice

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Phyllis McClintock

I would love a copy of your poem ” What will matter”. How can I obtain one.

Rice got it nearly right but goes wrong at the end. Here’s how it should be:

For when the One Great Scorer comes
to mark against your name,
He writes – not that you won or lost-
but how you laid the blame.

Simon

“If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?” – Vince Lombardi

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