parentheticalaside:

The point is not to win. The point is to do the right thing. The point is to try and maybe we win. The point is that not trying is guaranteed failure.

The point is doing our best to make the world better for ourselves. It’s not about victory, it’s about effort.

So you take a breath, you grieve your losses, and you don’t give up. Because we’re all in this together and the very least we can do for the least among us is to say we tried.

Real failure is when they convince you to give up.