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Nile Kinnick correspondence, January-December 1941

1941-03-01: Back

I wrote  a column for a fellow who writes  each week for the Davenport  Times
It was to  be  printed  sometime this week--I'll  try to  get ahold of a copy
and send it to you.
Thanks for the card sloooofoot--glad you like the basketball --if it wears
out we will  get another--good  to hear that you can now shoot left handed
--keep working on it  so that you always  fall  into the  correct stepping
whenever you want to shoot with it  on the  run.     The way to  get  good at
athletics whatever it may be is to practice with expectancy and always
easily but completely, dismiss the bad days you may have.    Practice without
expectancy  is making yourself a  slave  to accepted custom.    Most of all
an athlete needs  imagination--that is what takes him out of the average class.
You  should dream baskets made from all anlges, with either hand on the  run or
sitting out in front everynight when you go to bed.    Then whenever those
situations  come  up you will  react as  if you had been in them many times
before--thats they way you learn to do things instinctively.    And if you
can't practice, and dream about it and have a lot of fun in the process
don't force yourself to do it--because basketball isn't that important.
The  same factors  are necessary to  success  in any line--even outside of
athletics but it is sometimes harder to apply them with the zest that
we do in our games.
It has been snowing ever since last night--wet and damp all of it--very
slushing walking to and from school.    Streeets slippery and it is hard to
get up the hills so I leave mine at home--never use when ging to and from
school anyhow unless I am going over to the fieldhouse afterwards.    Great
snow for snow ball fights--and plenty of them are being had.
Have you heard the one about the two nuts who went fishing and had extraordinary
luck--caught a great many,  etc.--on the way back the one said to the other
how are we going to know how to find      that  same place again.    The one said
oh that is easy I made a mark on the bottom of the boat--yes, said the other
but how do you know we will get the same boat next time!!    Sounds like one
of Guses doesn't it.
Love
sb
enclosed is a letter which I hope will get me a little more appreciation
for my charm at home???????????? Keep it

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I wrote a column for a fellow who writes each week for the Davenport Times It was to be printed sometime this week--I'll try to get ahold of a copy and send it to you. Thanks for the card sloooofoot--glad you like the basketball --if it wears out we will get another--good to hear that you can now shoot left handed --keep working on it so that you always fall into the correct stepping whenever you want to shoot with it on the run. The way to get good at athletics whatever it may be is to practice with expectancy and always easily but completely, dismiss the bad days you may have. Practice without expectancy is making yourself a slave to accepted custom. Most of all an athlete needs imagination--that is what takes him out of the average class. You should dream baskets made from all anlges, with either hand on the run or sitting out in front everynight when you go to bed. Then whenever those situations come up you will react as if you had been in them many times before--thats they way you learn to do things instinctively. And if you can't practice, and dream about it and have a lot of fun in the process don't force yourself to do it--because basketball isn't that important. The same factors are necessary to success in any line--even outside of athletics but it is sometimes harder to apply them with the zest that we do in our games. It has been snowing ever since last night--wet and damp all of it--very slushing walking to and from school. Streeets slippery and it is hard to get up the hills so I leave mine at home--never use when ging to and from school anyhow unless I am going over to the fieldhouse afterwards. Great snow for snow ball fights--and plenty of them are being had. Have you heard the one about the two nuts who went fishing and had extraordinary luck--caught a great many, etc.--on the way back the one said to the other how are we going to know how to find that same place again. The one said oh that is easy I made a mark on the bottom of the boat--yes, said the other but how do you know we will get the same boat next time!! Sounds like one of Guses doesn't it. Love sb enclosed is a letter which I hope will get me a little more appreciation for my charm at home???????????? Keep it