Morale Busting

"Sometimes, the true test of bravery, is to live-rather than to die."

The more I think of this line today, the more I like the way certain one-liners are tailor-made for certain occasions.

They were not as good a team as we made them look.
We weren't as bad, as we ended up looking.
The spirits last night weren't as high as our supporters think.
Stamina was not as rare a commodity as our 'backless' legs made it seem.
The pitch was not as dusty as last year.
The ball was not as slippery as we made it to be upon comparing it to our NIVEA.
The reff was not as lazy with the whistle as we thought him to be.

We just had to win 'a second match'-something we are yet to accomplish in our representative careers.

We just had to play better.

(Had I not been so tired and lazy yesterday, this condolence would have been preceeded by an exultant post. Hmm)