I have heard this saying thousands of times “Eventually a Blind Squirrel finds a nut.” But even as I say this, I know the saying is wrong. The original saying was even a blind pig finds a nut. Blind Pig I remember the origin of when i learned the saying. I was in high school, and was playing tennis. I had to play a girl Sandy Stein. All I heard was that she was going to beat me etc. Well somehow I managed to beat her, and my friend Scott said “Even a blind squirrel finds a nut” Yep it might be true, but for that day, I had a blind squirrel day.
I later heard Dennis Conner use the line “Eventually a Blind Squirrel finds and Acorn” was he was able to managed to win the 4th race against the Aussie’s winged keel boat in 1983. Liberty (Dennis’s boat) won the first 2 races because of equipment failure against Australia II. Australia easily one the 3rd race. The forth race Liberty managed to win by under a minute, and led to Dennis Conner making the quote. He knew they had a far superior boat. It also led to Dennis Conner to saying sailing was on it way to becoming more of a science then an art.
There are dozens of other variations and stories I heard about blind squirrel/pig, and some compare the saying to a broken clock is right twice a day. To me this is different, the blind squirrel gets lucky, the clock has the exact right combination, its just waiting for the world to come to it. To me being right or victorious once does not mean much, but it definitely can make some interesting results. What make march madness (for those who don’t know what it is, just google it ) so exciting is that anyone can beat anyone on any day. My dad used to say this to me all the time. And in March Madness, you do not need to be the better team, you just need to be the better team for that one game. Sports that have the best of 7 series, its harder for a lessor team to win.
Being good or great means consistency. Having a great game or great year is wonderful, but strive to be consistently good throughout your career. This truly will make you the opposite of a blind squirrel.
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