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Communication Skills-I

Notes The secnd type of lad is the chronic complainer. He crabs at everyone but himself. I say
no organization can afford to have that kind of man, because he is infectious. He is in for

a shock, too, because as soon as I find out who he is, someday when he comes out for
practice, there will be no suit in his locker.
The third type is the quitter. He is the fellow who wishes he could play but is not willing to
pay the price. And I tell the boys if any one of them is that type, he might just as well quit
then and not wear out the equipment.
Fourth, I don’t want boys to dissipate, physically or emotionally. I tell them that I hold no
brief against playing pool long hours in the afternoon, dancing half the night, or learning
to drive a car with one hand; but I tell them that they have no time for it. If they are going
to compete with organizations which do not do that sort of thing and which are saving
all their energy for the contest, I say, they should not dissipate any energy emotionally.
And by that I mean that they should not give way to emotions such as jealousy, hatred, or
anything of that sort. That sort of thing destroys an organization.
And I tell them that they should look upon one another in a friendly way – look for the

good in one another and be inspired by the fine qualities in those around them and forget
about their faults. I tell them that the chances are that I will notice the faults – and won’t
stutter when I mention them.The man who lacks friendliness, then, is the fi fth type.

There is a sixth type of undesirable; he suffers from an inferiority complex. He generally comes
from a small community; he says to himself, “What chance have I to get on the first string of

thirty-three men here, when there are three hundred fifty boys trying out for it? I don’t believe I
have a chance; I don’t believe I can make it.” If there are any among you who feel that way, I say,
forget about it and get a superiority complex. You are as good as any man out there. By getting
a superiority complex you can show the coach that you belong at the top of the thirty-three
men where you would like to be.

In two weeks I call them together again, and I tell them that there are certain ones among
them who have great potentialities, but who have not shown any improvement. There are
certain ones among them that I do not want unless they change. The first is the chap who

alibis, who justifies his own failure. I tell them that a boy who does this had better watch
out or he will get into another class, that of feeling sorry for himself, in which case the bony
part of his spine turns into a soft colloidal substance known as “soap,” and he is absolutely
worthless.
The second class of lad – I generally have very few of them – is the slicker, the mucker, who
tries to get by playing unfair football. And I tell that type of boy that we cannot afford to
have him on the team, for he will bring discredit on the school and on our organization. I
also impress on him that slugging and unfairness do not pay, either in a game or in life after
school.

Then, third, there is the boy who lacks courage, who is afraid. What is courage? Courage
means to be afraid to do something but still to go ahead and do it. If a man has character,
the right kind of energy and mental ability, he will learn that fear is something to overcome
and not to run away from.
3. Write a paragraph on : “God Helps those who help themselves”.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. condense 2. fi rst

3. irrelevant

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