Paul Bear Bryant was football coach at Alabama for 25 years and on the day he died this folded up poem was found in his wallet. He read this poem to his team ever so often and told the team, “Don’t be to proud to get on your knees and pray.”

“This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good. What I do today is very important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving something in its place I have traded for it. I want it to be gain, not loss, good, not evil. Success, not failure in order that I shall not forget the price I paid for it.”