When You Think You Can

If you think you are beaten, you are:
If you think you dare not you don't
If you'd like to win, but think you can't
It's almost a cinch you won't
If you think you lose, you're lost
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are:
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to hustle before
You can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man:
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

Anonymous