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To be YOUR best

Everyone wants to be better
at something they do or to be
a better version of themselves,
but to be your best there has to be effort
because you can't and won't succeed if you don't try.

To be the best you can be
you have to push yourself
harder each time you fall,
You have to keep at it
and try again and again,
you have to not only believe,
but know you can do it,
and you have to be...

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