Hackneyed BS For When You're Up Against It

We Caps fans are no strangers to prolonged atrabilious states at the hands our beloved/much hated franchise. I salute our newfound, choking dog-esque compatriots. What do you call thirty millionaires humping a barstool in June? The San Jose Sharks.

Even I have standards; you'll see nothing from the Chicken Soup series on this site, but should we lose tonight, I've got you covered:

“Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain”
-- Diane de Pointiers

“That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning.”
--Richard Bach

“Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses”
--Caleb Carr

"Blame Canada"
--Robin Williams

“Losing comes of winning money”
--Chinese Proverb

"Freak out
And give in
Doesn't matter what you believe in
Stay cool
And be somebody's fool this year
'cause they know
Who is righteous, what is bold
So I'm told"
--Smashing Pumpkins, Cherub Rock -- Better understood w/ controlled substances? Sadly, no.


"Tiger style
Yo, huh, huh
Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuttin Ta *@#$ Wit
Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuttin Ta %^# Wit
Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuttin Ta @#% Wit"
--The Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuttin Ta *@#$ Wit

"I've been beat up, I've been thrown Out
But I'm not down, Oh I'm not down
I've been shown up, but I've grown up
And I'm not down, Oh I'm not down"
--The Clash, I'm Not Down


Stay in school, kiddies.