If you think you are beaten, your 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'll lose, you've already lost,
For out in the world you'll find,
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of the mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.

For many a race is lost
'Ere ever a step is run
And many a coward fails
'Ere ever his work's begun.

Think big and your deeds will grow,
Think small and you'll fall behind.
Think that you can and you will,
It's all in the state of mind.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But sooner or later the man who wins;
Is the fellow who thinks he can!

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