Bryn Posted 8 May 2016 Posted 8 May 2016 One of my favourite ever quotes comes from British artist John Ruskin and it always reminds me of the importance of individuality, creativity, taking your own approach and, perhaps as a subtext, the need to be open to making and to learn from mistakes. "Understand this clearly: you can teach a man to draw a straight line, and to carve it; and to copy and carve any number of given lines or forms, with admirable speed and perfect precision; and you find his work perfect of its kind: but if you ask him to think about any of those forms, to consider if he cannot find any better in his own head, he stops; his execution becomes hesitating; he thinks, and ten to one he thinks wrong; ten to one he makes a mistake in the first touch he gives to his work as a thinking being. But you have made a man of him for all that. He was only a machine before, an animated tool" It's perhaps not perfectly applicable but I've always found it really striking and I was thinking about it this morning. I think our story resonates with the average human on a level beyond perhaps they even understand. I think one of the most significant motifs of our story is how pivotal your mistakes, and crucially how you respond to them, are in your development. Legendary human beings from Einstein to Gandhi have ruminated on how important your mistakes are. We would never have won this Premier League title without a series of massive mistakes. We would never have won the Premier League title if we hadn't hired Martin Allen and signed a load of shite, then followed him up with further shite, and gone down. We would never have hired Nigel Pearson. We might never have sacked Nigel Pearson if he hadn't been so prickly, if his son hadn't done what he did. Even sacking Pearson in itself was perhaps a mistake given what he'd achieved. We might never have hired Claudio Ranieri if he hadn't gone to work for a Greek FA in crisis and failed miserably. Would Wes Morgan have become the inspirational title winning captain he is if he hadn't endured a torrid time during the middle of last season, and had to look up, watch Robert Huth and develop his game at the age of 31? Would Jamie Vardy have the same tenacity if he hadn't been faced the consequences of his actions in the past? Would Danny Simpson have shown the same desire to work on his game in his late 20s if he didn't feel he had something to atone for? The list goes on. To give the thread purpose, I ask two things. Make me cry with your favourite quotes that remind you of our season, and list the mistakes that have led to our glory.
Sharpe's Fox Posted 8 May 2016 Posted 8 May 2016 "I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant; it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are." - Mewtwo
Bryn Posted 8 May 2016 Author Posted 8 May 2016 "I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant; it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are." - Mewtwo Winner. Close thread.
Webbo Posted 8 May 2016 Posted 8 May 2016 I've been thinking this a lot since Christmas. In my mind this is a culmination of everything that's happened to us in the last 20 odd years, since Brian Little was appointed . You could probably go back further if you tried. It's fate.
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