CHAPTER 16

Underdog

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Everybody loves an underdog. If you don’t know about the underdog, it is the team which always struggles and then comes out of nowhere for the win. The person who goes from rags to riches is an everyday hero. It’s the American Dream, it’s actually everyone’s dream, but there’s something that happens when you get there, way up high. It becomes a challenge to try to stay there.

It is hard enough to get there in the land of success. Then you have to factor in all of the underlying issues behind it. People try to tear you down. Look at teams like the New ...

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