![]() ![]() If you can make one heap of all your winningsĪnd risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,Īnd lose, and start again at your beginningsĪnd never breathe a word about your loss Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,Īnd stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterĪnd treat those two impostors just the same If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim If you can dream-and not make dreams your master Or being hated, don't give way to hating,Īnd yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,īut make allowance for their doubting too If you can keep your head when all about you Here's the full text of the poem, from the Poetry Foundation : So that's where he learned about it, in the locker room in Wimbledon. Actually, the 'If-' poem is in Wimbledon. And as I grew, I continue to just enjoy that. "I do love the two poems a lot, so that's a big shout out to my dad because he kind of gave me those when I was probably like 6 years old," Jones said last summer. ![]() It's a poem that Jones referenced last August, along with "The Man In The Arena" speech delivered by Theodore Roosevelt. The caption is a reference to the poem "If-" by Rudyard Kipling. ![]()
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