Victory is nothing; Pride is everything
Victory is everything
The sweet taste of triumph
Cascading across your tongue
Giving you bliss
Fulfilment
Acceptance
Victory is everything
NO IT’S NOT
WHO CARES IF YOU WIN
If you lose yourself
WHO CARES IF YOU WIN
If you don’t do your best
WHO CARES IF YOU WIN
If you don’t work your hardest
Victory is nothing
Pride is everything
Victory is only a byproduct
Of pouring your soul into your work
Pride is the culmination
Of thousands of hours
Full of blood, sweat, and tears
Pride is fulfilment
Pride is that feeling in your gut
That you get when you tried
When you gave everything you had
And then a little bit more
Pride comes with the extra 10 yards
Pride comes with that extra hour
Pride comes with sleepless nights of work
Pride comes with that last sprint
Victory lasts but a few short moments
Before it dissolves into your memories
It will fill you with a meager sense of accomplishment
As you look back from your deathbed
And remember what you accomplished once
But it won’t stick to you
It won’t become a part of your being
Pride lasts forever
It follows you
Affecting your life
How you live
How you carry yourself
How you breathe
You can breathe when you lose
You can live on when you lose
But you can’t carry yourself like a champion
You can’t breathe like a champion
Without pride
Pride that comes with knowing you gave it all
You left nothing on the field
On the track
In the classroom
You must tell yourself
I WILL BE THE BEST
I WILL DEDICATE MY HEART AND SOUL
NO ONE WILL TEAR ME DOWN
AND IF THEY TRY
I WILL ROAR IN THEIR FACE
AND SHOW THEM WHAT I AM MADE OF
And when your body tells you it’s had enough
When your mind tells you to just give up
You will scream back
GIVE ME MORE
I WILL NOT BE HELD BACK
WORK HARDER
FORGET YOUR LIMITS
YOUR LIMITS DO NOT EXIST
I WILL BE THE BEST
AND NO ONE WILL TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME
NOT EVEN MYSELF
When you know pride
You know what it is to work
To be proud of your accomplishments
Victory means nothing
If you didn’t bleed for it first
When everything else melts away
All I need is pride