This comes from the author John Maxwell. On what a coach should do:
People are insecure . . . . . . . . . . . So give them confidence.
People like to feel special . . . . . . . So sincerely compliment them.
People want a better tomorrow . . . . So show them hope.
People lack direction . . . . . . . . . . So navigate for them.
People are self-centered . . . . . . . . So speak to their needs first.
People get low emotionally . . . . . . . So encourage them.
People want success . . . . . . . . . . . So help them win.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Doing 1 Thing Really Well
I got wrapped up in the end of long course season, didn't have time to post.
I put out a lot of quotes on Twitter but this one, coming from Chris Ritter, has stuck with me more than others: “I don’t fear the man who practiced 10,000 kicks one time. I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times” – Bruce Lee
I used to kid around that I would give up my average abilities in many sports to be remarkably good at one, even if it were something like darts. Just to be that incredibly skilled at one thing held great appeal for me. I have made peace with that fact that my skills are spread evenly across many areas, but I still admire someone who does one thing really well. Why? It's the almost obsessive pursuit of the best, the years of training, refining, perfecting. And the result of that is something extraordinary.
I like the restaurant that is known far and wide for doing one thing really well. Whether it's barbeque, or burgers, or roast duck, or soup, or sandwiches, or high-end french food, the place becomes a mecca. A place like that makes an impact. It's opposite is the diner, where the menu is gigantic and the food is ok but not great.
We are bombarded with knowledge of all there is out there, all the types of things we could be doing. The endless stream of new information, new ideas, new approaches: "You still do/like _that_? I used to, but now I'm onto _this_." The cult of the new, it's like a disease in NYC.
I too don't fear the man who has done 10,000 kicks one time. Take the time to get really good at fewer things
I put out a lot of quotes on Twitter but this one, coming from Chris Ritter, has stuck with me more than others: “I don’t fear the man who practiced 10,000 kicks one time. I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times” – Bruce Lee
I used to kid around that I would give up my average abilities in many sports to be remarkably good at one, even if it were something like darts. Just to be that incredibly skilled at one thing held great appeal for me. I have made peace with that fact that my skills are spread evenly across many areas, but I still admire someone who does one thing really well. Why? It's the almost obsessive pursuit of the best, the years of training, refining, perfecting. And the result of that is something extraordinary.
I like the restaurant that is known far and wide for doing one thing really well. Whether it's barbeque, or burgers, or roast duck, or soup, or sandwiches, or high-end french food, the place becomes a mecca. A place like that makes an impact. It's opposite is the diner, where the menu is gigantic and the food is ok but not great.
We are bombarded with knowledge of all there is out there, all the types of things we could be doing. The endless stream of new information, new ideas, new approaches: "You still do/like _that_? I used to, but now I'm onto _this_." The cult of the new, it's like a disease in NYC.
I too don't fear the man who has done 10,000 kicks one time. Take the time to get really good at fewer things
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Bring Back Monkey Bars
There have been many articles in the last few years about increasing rates of injury in youth sports. While I know there are ignorant coaches out there who do not properly teach movements and overtrain kids, I think that is not the primary cause of these rates. If anything, there is likely less bad coaching now than in the past when exercise science was in its infancy.
I think the main cause is unfit children entering youth sports. They are less fit than they used to be because they are more sedentary and weigh more. Many also do not play outdoors like they used to. This article highlights that it's been overly worried parents and lawyers who have forced playgrounds to remove things like monkey bars which go a long way to building fitness in kids, along with helping them learn to deal with fear and challenge.
I remember my elementary school digging up our playground and replacing it when I was in the 5th grade (1991-92). We all ran onto it during the dedication ceremony and within 5 minutes the consensus was "this new playground sucks." Gone was the big slide and huge swings, the giant tires and the massive monkey bars. In it's place were lame, low structures that were little fun. I guess we all became "safer" that year.
The picture at the top of this article says it all -- those are little _girls_ hanging upside-down!
The photo at the top of the article says it all
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/science/19tierney.html?_r=1&ref=science
I think the main cause is unfit children entering youth sports. They are less fit than they used to be because they are more sedentary and weigh more. Many also do not play outdoors like they used to. This article highlights that it's been overly worried parents and lawyers who have forced playgrounds to remove things like monkey bars which go a long way to building fitness in kids, along with helping them learn to deal with fear and challenge.
I remember my elementary school digging up our playground and replacing it when I was in the 5th grade (1991-92). We all ran onto it during the dedication ceremony and within 5 minutes the consensus was "this new playground sucks." Gone was the big slide and huge swings, the giant tires and the massive monkey bars. In it's place were lame, low structures that were little fun. I guess we all became "safer" that year.
The picture at the top of this article says it all -- those are little _girls_ hanging upside-down!
The photo at the top of the article says it all
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/science/19tierney.html?_r=1&ref=science
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Ideal Club Coach
He is an independently wealthy man who volunteers 60 hours a week for the team. He has a very attractive, fit girlfriend or wife who spends her free time around the swim team, perhaps volunteering to teach yoga classes. Both are triathletes, don’t have children if they are young, or have children if they are 35+. They never miss church. Despite all the time spent coaching, he takes frequent trips around the world involving exercise. He did the Ironman last year, adventure hikes in Papa New Guinea, runs marathons on all continents. Upon returning from these trips, he gives out souvenirs to the kids, shows them photos, and tells grand tales of adventure, tying it all back into swimming and the team values. How does he get the time off for this travel? The rules don’t apply to Ideal Coach. Imagine a cross between James Bond and Superman. He makes it work!
He is a technological wiz, who uses his own expensive cameras to take photos and video of practice and meets. And he puts the photos online (but only the photos which demonstrate great technique or smiling faces, preferably both) and uploads hours of video which he narrates describing what the kids are doing well and what they could be doing better. He drives a fast car which gives him a “cool” factor. No regular club coach could afford all that, of course, but Ideal Coach is independently wealthy, which makes him a better coach than you or I.
He was a former top collegiate and national swimmer, who came out of a high-yardage club but who now forsakes that training in favor of technique, yet is also willing to do that training when necessary, yet when he does it’s with great technique. He is also up on the latest ideas in swimming, yet not minding being old-school, and having a complete detailed, progressive season plan keeping it all together. He also knows how to fix anything and everything very quickly, from a lane line to a pool filter, and buys all necessary parts/materials himself without billing the club. He can be extraordinarily loud but without ever being angry. He has an amazing no-finger whistle that has at least 10 distinct pitches that the kids can recognize while swimming, each pitch communicating a different message. His work with the parents is nothing short of amazing. Those 11pm emails from parents don’t bother him one bit, he responds immediately to all communication – he only needs 4 hours of sleep a night. He has numerous ties with rich people in the community. He can leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Ever see the Michelob Ultra ads? The ones with the young, attractive, fit professionals? A guy and girl finish at the office, go right into a run, and then from the run right into a bar, with other fit, young, attractive professionals. Well, the ideal coach lives this life. Ideal coach doesn’t go to the gym and workout alone, how awful that is, what a sign of anti-social patheticness. He works out with the masters team, the triathlete group, does the spin class, and plays in the local adult basketball league. He has been known to show up to practice and take the kids on a long bike ride instead of swimming. Wait, how did the kids know to bring their bikes that day? If you are asking those questions, you still don’t understand Ideal Coach. When you are as advanced a person as he, these things just work out.
Here is how a typical practice will run for this Ideal Coach. Remember this is what happens every day, not only on special occasions: Ideal Coach arrives on his bike after having done a 2 hour ride, with his attractive, fit wife/girlfriend who happens to have nothing else to do. Upon arriving on deck, with a guitar around his back, a cheer rings out among the swimmers, they scream wildly at the sight of him. He plays a song for the kids he just wrote while riding about swimming, which blends technique instruction with things they know from television. He smiles non-stop, never once not smiling. He has perfect posture and is handsome by everyone’s definition. The women love him, the men want to be him.
After the song, he cracks jokes with the parents and kids, as they surround him like a rock-star. His wife/girlfriend continues to charm the parents as he starts practice. The kids get in and swim warm-up, flawlessly executing a complex series of dives, sculling, kicking, backward swimming, underwater upside-down swimming, over and under lane lines, all while they smile. And out of the water they do flexibility, dynamic, strength building, crawling, hopping, skipping. All of this they have never done before, because if they had it would be “boring” and Ideal Coach is always new and creative. While they are doing that warm-up, he sneaks into the locker room and changes into a clown costume, or better yet, a dolphin costume. Upon arrival on deck the crowd goes wild.
He then takes on a full dolphin persona, while instructing the children in proper butterfly technique. The kids alternate between fits of laughter and careful attention, that most rare combination. They perform drills, yet not well enough, so this coach takes off the clown/dolphin gear, gets in the water with an iphone that works underwater, so he can video them doing drills, which he beams onto a television, from underwater, on a delay, so as the kids arrive at the wall they can see themselves. How was he able to set up this video system ahead of time? Wasn’t he out riding? That’s the magic of the ideal coach.
The children then begin a rigorous kick set, which he does with them, all the while encouraging and instructing. The last 15 minutes of practice involve a water game that is fun, instructive, challenging and reflecting the goals and values of the team, while also improving a swimming skill, in which all kids participate fully, as does the coach. The entire practice is all done in 1 lane if necessary, or 5, the coach is entirely flexible. After that, they get together for a 45 minute group meeting (how long is this practice? who cares when you are having this much fun!) in which the children listen to more empowering music and he reads inspirational quotes. Prizes are awarded daily.
Once practice ends, this hero-coach stays to help out with all other groups in a million ways, until 9pm at night. Never upstaging the other coaches, yet always fully engaged, oh what a balance he strikes! He does this every night, and on the weekends is at every session of a meet videotaping and coaching, but it causes no disruption to his marriage and family because he is Ideal Coach. Did I mention he isn’t paid? Because he is doing what he loves, he needn’t be, the money will work itself out.
What about all the admin work? Emails? Phone calls? Meet entries? Meetings? Oh, what about the meetings?!! How does he have time for all that? Ideal Coach does it all in less than half the time it takes the other under-developed people whom he works with. He can eat while driving and on his blackberry. It’s all for the love the kids and the love of sport!
So to all the young coaches out there, put down the books about swimming and ignore the fact that the head coach doesn’t act like this himself, nor do any of the top coaches in the country. Learn to be ldeal Coach, it’s the only way to get ahead.
He is a technological wiz, who uses his own expensive cameras to take photos and video of practice and meets. And he puts the photos online (but only the photos which demonstrate great technique or smiling faces, preferably both) and uploads hours of video which he narrates describing what the kids are doing well and what they could be doing better. He drives a fast car which gives him a “cool” factor. No regular club coach could afford all that, of course, but Ideal Coach is independently wealthy, which makes him a better coach than you or I.
He was a former top collegiate and national swimmer, who came out of a high-yardage club but who now forsakes that training in favor of technique, yet is also willing to do that training when necessary, yet when he does it’s with great technique. He is also up on the latest ideas in swimming, yet not minding being old-school, and having a complete detailed, progressive season plan keeping it all together. He also knows how to fix anything and everything very quickly, from a lane line to a pool filter, and buys all necessary parts/materials himself without billing the club. He can be extraordinarily loud but without ever being angry. He has an amazing no-finger whistle that has at least 10 distinct pitches that the kids can recognize while swimming, each pitch communicating a different message. His work with the parents is nothing short of amazing. Those 11pm emails from parents don’t bother him one bit, he responds immediately to all communication – he only needs 4 hours of sleep a night. He has numerous ties with rich people in the community. He can leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Ever see the Michelob Ultra ads? The ones with the young, attractive, fit professionals? A guy and girl finish at the office, go right into a run, and then from the run right into a bar, with other fit, young, attractive professionals. Well, the ideal coach lives this life. Ideal coach doesn’t go to the gym and workout alone, how awful that is, what a sign of anti-social patheticness. He works out with the masters team, the triathlete group, does the spin class, and plays in the local adult basketball league. He has been known to show up to practice and take the kids on a long bike ride instead of swimming. Wait, how did the kids know to bring their bikes that day? If you are asking those questions, you still don’t understand Ideal Coach. When you are as advanced a person as he, these things just work out.
Here is how a typical practice will run for this Ideal Coach. Remember this is what happens every day, not only on special occasions: Ideal Coach arrives on his bike after having done a 2 hour ride, with his attractive, fit wife/girlfriend who happens to have nothing else to do. Upon arriving on deck, with a guitar around his back, a cheer rings out among the swimmers, they scream wildly at the sight of him. He plays a song for the kids he just wrote while riding about swimming, which blends technique instruction with things they know from television. He smiles non-stop, never once not smiling. He has perfect posture and is handsome by everyone’s definition. The women love him, the men want to be him.
After the song, he cracks jokes with the parents and kids, as they surround him like a rock-star. His wife/girlfriend continues to charm the parents as he starts practice. The kids get in and swim warm-up, flawlessly executing a complex series of dives, sculling, kicking, backward swimming, underwater upside-down swimming, over and under lane lines, all while they smile. And out of the water they do flexibility, dynamic, strength building, crawling, hopping, skipping. All of this they have never done before, because if they had it would be “boring” and Ideal Coach is always new and creative. While they are doing that warm-up, he sneaks into the locker room and changes into a clown costume, or better yet, a dolphin costume. Upon arrival on deck the crowd goes wild.
He then takes on a full dolphin persona, while instructing the children in proper butterfly technique. The kids alternate between fits of laughter and careful attention, that most rare combination. They perform drills, yet not well enough, so this coach takes off the clown/dolphin gear, gets in the water with an iphone that works underwater, so he can video them doing drills, which he beams onto a television, from underwater, on a delay, so as the kids arrive at the wall they can see themselves. How was he able to set up this video system ahead of time? Wasn’t he out riding? That’s the magic of the ideal coach.
The children then begin a rigorous kick set, which he does with them, all the while encouraging and instructing. The last 15 minutes of practice involve a water game that is fun, instructive, challenging and reflecting the goals and values of the team, while also improving a swimming skill, in which all kids participate fully, as does the coach. The entire practice is all done in 1 lane if necessary, or 5, the coach is entirely flexible. After that, they get together for a 45 minute group meeting (how long is this practice? who cares when you are having this much fun!) in which the children listen to more empowering music and he reads inspirational quotes. Prizes are awarded daily.
Once practice ends, this hero-coach stays to help out with all other groups in a million ways, until 9pm at night. Never upstaging the other coaches, yet always fully engaged, oh what a balance he strikes! He does this every night, and on the weekends is at every session of a meet videotaping and coaching, but it causes no disruption to his marriage and family because he is Ideal Coach. Did I mention he isn’t paid? Because he is doing what he loves, he needn’t be, the money will work itself out.
What about all the admin work? Emails? Phone calls? Meet entries? Meetings? Oh, what about the meetings?!! How does he have time for all that? Ideal Coach does it all in less than half the time it takes the other under-developed people whom he works with. He can eat while driving and on his blackberry. It’s all for the love the kids and the love of sport!
So to all the young coaches out there, put down the books about swimming and ignore the fact that the head coach doesn’t act like this himself, nor do any of the top coaches in the country. Learn to be ldeal Coach, it’s the only way to get ahead.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Stay in the Fight
I recently reread two essays by William James, "The Will to Believe" and "Is Life Worth Living?" and they only get better with age. I recommend both, they can be read online for free through Google Books. I think so highly of William James that there is little I can add to his words, so I will just do some choice quoting.
From "The Will to Believe":
"I began by a reference to Fitz James Stephen; let me end by a quotation from him. 'What do you think of yourself? What do you think of the world? . . . These are questions with which all must deal as it seems good to them. They are riddles of the Sphinx, and in some way or other we must deal with them . . . In all important transactions of life we have to take a leap in the dark . . . If we decide to leave the riddles unanswered, that is a choice; if we waver in our answer, that, too, is a choice: but whatever choice we make, we make it at our peril. If a man chooses to turn his back altogether on God and the future, no one can prevent him; no one can show beyond reasonable doubt that he is mistaken. If a man thinks otherwise and acts as he thinks, I do not see that any one can prove that he is mistaken. Each must act as he thinks best; and if he is wrong, so much the worse for him. We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist, through which we get glimpses now and then of paths which may be deceptive. If we stand still we shall be frozen to death. If we take the wrong road we shall be dashed to pieces. We do not certainly know whether there is any right one. What must we do? 'Be strong and of a good courage.' Act for the best, hope for the best, and take what comes . . . If death ends all, we cannot meet death better."
"Is Life Worth Living?" is addressed to those in despair, which at some times is all of us. As James says, "In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly." He quotes James Thomson from "The City of Dreadful Night" to illustrate the point: "My Brother, my poor Brothers, it is thus:/This life holds nothing good for us,/But it ends soon and nevermore can be;/And we knew nothing of it ere our birth,/And shall know nothing when consigned to earth:/I ponder these thoughts, and they comfort me."
James makes two main arguments that life is worth living. The first is to fight, to continue on bravely in the battle of living. He quotes here from Carlyle: "Wherefore, like a coward, dost thou forever pip and whimper, and go cowering and trembling? Despicable biped! Hast thou not a heart; canst thou not suffer whatsoever it be; and, as a Child of Freedom, though outcast, trample Tophet {Hell} itself under thy feet, while it consumes thee? Let it come, then; I will meet it and defy it!" Now that's rousing!
The second argument is the stronger. It's two pronged. First is the counter to scientific or skeptical doubt, that since there is no proof life is meaningful, that there is any significance to us beyond our complexity, that there is divinity or an afterlife, we cannot believe. The second prong is that belief itself, despite a lack of proof, helps to create the fact. I'll leave you with this long quote. And does not the final sentence sound like quantum physics?:
"But 'may be! may be!' one now hears the positivist contemptuously exclaim; 'what use can a scientific life have for maybes?' Well, I reply, the scientific life itself has much to do with maybes, and human life at large has everything to do with them. So far as man stands for anything, and is productive or originative at all, his entire vital function may be said to have to deal with maybes. Not a victory is gained, not a deed of faithfulness or courage is done, except upon a maybe; not a service, not a sally of generosity, not a scientific exploration or experiment or textbook, that may not be a mistake. It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.
Suppose, for instance, that you are climbing a mountain, and have worked yourself into a position from which the only escape is by a terrible leap. Have faith that you can successfully make it, and your feet are nerved to its accomplishment. But mistrust yourself, and think of all the sweet things you have heard the scientists say of maybes, and you will hesitate so long that, at last, all unstrung and trembling, and launching yourself in a moment of despair, you roll into the abyss. In such a case (and it belongs to an enormous class), the part of wisdom as well as of courage is to believe what is in the line of your needs, for only by such belief is the need fulfilled. Refuse to believe, and you shall indeed be right, for you shall irretrievably perish. But believe, and again you shall be right, for you shall save yourself. You make one or the other of two possible universes true by your trust or mistrust, -- both universes having only been maybes, in particular, before you contributed your act."
From "The Will to Believe":
"I began by a reference to Fitz James Stephen; let me end by a quotation from him. 'What do you think of yourself? What do you think of the world? . . . These are questions with which all must deal as it seems good to them. They are riddles of the Sphinx, and in some way or other we must deal with them . . . In all important transactions of life we have to take a leap in the dark . . . If we decide to leave the riddles unanswered, that is a choice; if we waver in our answer, that, too, is a choice: but whatever choice we make, we make it at our peril. If a man chooses to turn his back altogether on God and the future, no one can prevent him; no one can show beyond reasonable doubt that he is mistaken. If a man thinks otherwise and acts as he thinks, I do not see that any one can prove that he is mistaken. Each must act as he thinks best; and if he is wrong, so much the worse for him. We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist, through which we get glimpses now and then of paths which may be deceptive. If we stand still we shall be frozen to death. If we take the wrong road we shall be dashed to pieces. We do not certainly know whether there is any right one. What must we do? 'Be strong and of a good courage.' Act for the best, hope for the best, and take what comes . . . If death ends all, we cannot meet death better."
"Is Life Worth Living?" is addressed to those in despair, which at some times is all of us. As James says, "In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly." He quotes James Thomson from "The City of Dreadful Night" to illustrate the point: "My Brother, my poor Brothers, it is thus:/This life holds nothing good for us,/But it ends soon and nevermore can be;/And we knew nothing of it ere our birth,/And shall know nothing when consigned to earth:/I ponder these thoughts, and they comfort me."
James makes two main arguments that life is worth living. The first is to fight, to continue on bravely in the battle of living. He quotes here from Carlyle: "Wherefore, like a coward, dost thou forever pip and whimper, and go cowering and trembling? Despicable biped! Hast thou not a heart; canst thou not suffer whatsoever it be; and, as a Child of Freedom, though outcast, trample Tophet {Hell} itself under thy feet, while it consumes thee? Let it come, then; I will meet it and defy it!" Now that's rousing!
The second argument is the stronger. It's two pronged. First is the counter to scientific or skeptical doubt, that since there is no proof life is meaningful, that there is any significance to us beyond our complexity, that there is divinity or an afterlife, we cannot believe. The second prong is that belief itself, despite a lack of proof, helps to create the fact. I'll leave you with this long quote. And does not the final sentence sound like quantum physics?:
"But 'may be! may be!' one now hears the positivist contemptuously exclaim; 'what use can a scientific life have for maybes?' Well, I reply, the scientific life itself has much to do with maybes, and human life at large has everything to do with them. So far as man stands for anything, and is productive or originative at all, his entire vital function may be said to have to deal with maybes. Not a victory is gained, not a deed of faithfulness or courage is done, except upon a maybe; not a service, not a sally of generosity, not a scientific exploration or experiment or textbook, that may not be a mistake. It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.
Suppose, for instance, that you are climbing a mountain, and have worked yourself into a position from which the only escape is by a terrible leap. Have faith that you can successfully make it, and your feet are nerved to its accomplishment. But mistrust yourself, and think of all the sweet things you have heard the scientists say of maybes, and you will hesitate so long that, at last, all unstrung and trembling, and launching yourself in a moment of despair, you roll into the abyss. In such a case (and it belongs to an enormous class), the part of wisdom as well as of courage is to believe what is in the line of your needs, for only by such belief is the need fulfilled. Refuse to believe, and you shall indeed be right, for you shall irretrievably perish. But believe, and again you shall be right, for you shall save yourself. You make one or the other of two possible universes true by your trust or mistrust, -- both universes having only been maybes, in particular, before you contributed your act."
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The Hard Volume High
I've started running. It has been a long time since I did any serious endurance training and I had forgotten the feeling of being crushed at the end of an hour of continuous exercise. In a full sweat, exhausted, stunned, heart beat pounding and psychologically in an altered state. You are impressed with what you've accomplished, you climbed the mountain you weren't sure you could get up. It's a powerfully positive state. I had forgotten how good it feels to just grind one out.
But I know that if I want to get better at running, I need to do other types of training. I need to do some repeat work, short distances run as fast as I can. I need to do some hills. But I'd rather not, and that's interesting. I'd rather not for two reasons. First is I know how slow I am and would feel disappointed at the end of the training session. Second, that type of work doesn't give me the "hard volume high." I'll be tired, whipped, but it won't feel as good.
It's also far more results driven, hitting a pace, the rest is timed, I either fail or succeed. Who wants that when I could rather just gut out some long distance and feel charged up after? If I really want to get better, I need to do a variety of work.
Coaches, don't forget what that hard volume high feels like and how your athletes (and you even) can get hooked on it.
But I know that if I want to get better at running, I need to do other types of training. I need to do some repeat work, short distances run as fast as I can. I need to do some hills. But I'd rather not, and that's interesting. I'd rather not for two reasons. First is I know how slow I am and would feel disappointed at the end of the training session. Second, that type of work doesn't give me the "hard volume high." I'll be tired, whipped, but it won't feel as good.
It's also far more results driven, hitting a pace, the rest is timed, I either fail or succeed. Who wants that when I could rather just gut out some long distance and feel charged up after? If I really want to get better, I need to do a variety of work.
Coaches, don't forget what that hard volume high feels like and how your athletes (and you even) can get hooked on it.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
An Irishman's Philosophy
In life, there are only two things to worry about—
Either you are well or you are sick.
If you are well, there is nothing to worry about,
But if you are sick, there are only two things to worry about—
Either you will get well or you will die.
If you get well, there is nothing to worry about,
But if you die, there are only two things to worry about—
Either you will go to heaven or hell.
If you go to heaven, there is nothing to worry about.
And if you go to hell, you’ll be so busy shaking hands with all your friends
You won’t have time to worry!
Either you are well or you are sick.
If you are well, there is nothing to worry about,
But if you are sick, there are only two things to worry about—
Either you will get well or you will die.
If you get well, there is nothing to worry about,
But if you die, there are only two things to worry about—
Either you will go to heaven or hell.
If you go to heaven, there is nothing to worry about.
And if you go to hell, you’ll be so busy shaking hands with all your friends
You won’t have time to worry!
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