Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

On This Day

Feb 5, 1846 – “The Oregon Spectator”, based in Oregon City, became the first newspaper published on the Pacific coast.

“You’re either competing or you’re not.”

— Pete Carroll

Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit.

Vince Lombardi

On This Day

Feb 4, 1932 – The first Winter Olympics were held in the United States at Lake Placid, NY.

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“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”

Thomas Jefferson

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.

Garrison Keillor

On This Day

Feb 3, 1918 – The Twin Peaks Tunnel began service. It is the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet.

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