Maharashtra Board Class 10 English Kumarbharti Unit Three Chapter 3.4 The Will to Win PDF Download

The Will to Win

Warming Up!

1. Get into pairs, discuss and tick the most appropriate answer:

(a) You may have lost the match; but

(i) It is important that you start fighting with your opponent.

(ii) It is important to have the will to win.

(iii) It is important that you blame the organizers for the rough ground.

(b) Success is always measured by:

(i) Ability to pounce upon at the opponent and fight with full force.

(ii) Match fixing before the match begins.

(iii) Ability to bounce back after a fall.

(c) For attaining success; we need to:

(i) Sleep day in and day out and dream about success.

(ii) Scheme out things to make the opponent fall.

(iii) Work hard day and night for it.

2. How can we achieve success in life? Complete the boxes by filling the essential qualities required for achieving success.

Requirements for SUCCESS

Hard work

Teacher's Note

Success needs hard work and a strong will to win. Like a cricket player who keeps trying even after losing a match.

Exam Trick

Remember: Success = Hard work + Will to win. Just like you need both books and effort to pass your exam.

Points to Remember

Success is not just about winning.
Hard work is very important for success.
Having the will to win means never giving up.
You must bounce back after failure.
A strong mind helps you achieve your goal.

3. Discuss and write 5 proverbs/quotations related to the importance of having a strong will-power.

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4. Complete the following table.

Make a list of great personalities of present and past who have achieved success in different walks of life. You can take help of your school library or search on the internet.

Teacher's Note

Great people become successful because they have strong will power. You can learn from them. For example, Sachin Tendulkar worked hard to become a great cricket player.

Exam Trick

Remember: Great people = Hard work + Will to win. Write names of famous Indians in each field.

Points to Remember

Politics, sports, music and social work all need hard work.
Great personalities never give up their dreams.
They face many problems but keep trying.
You can read about them in books or on the internet.
Learning from them helps you become successful too.

The Will to Win

If you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it, work day and night for it, give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it

If all that you dream and scheme is about it and life seems useless and worthless without it

If you gladly sweat for, fret for and plan for it and lose all your terror of the opposition for it.

If you simply go after that thing that you want with all of your capacity, strength and sagacity, faith, hope and confidence and stern for tenacity

If neither cold poverty, famish or gout or sickness or pain of body and brain can keep you away from the thing that you want,

If dogged and grim you be size and beget it, with the help of GOD you'll get it!

Berton Braley was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He inherited his fathers talent in writing and had shown his talent at a young age of eleven, when he published his first work - a fairy tale called "Why the grass is green". Braley was considered a person who was always optimistic and held the belief that everything is possible. Braley had written around 4,000 verses and several hundred short stories making him one of the most widely read American poet of his era.

In this poem, the poet teaches us to have the will to win, come what may.

Scheme - plan

Fret - worry, be anxious

Sagacity - wisdom and good judgement

Famish - great hunger

Gout - acute pain and stiffness of bones

Grim - serious, unhappy

By Berton Braley

Teacher's Note

The poem "The Will to Win" teaches us that success comes from hard work and never giving up. Just like a student who studies hard every day will pass the exam.

Exam Trick

Remember: The poet says "If you want a thing bad enough" means you must have strong determination. This is the key to winning.

Points to Remember

The poet wants us to work hard day and night for our goals.
We should never feel fear or worry about opposition.
Success comes only to those who never give up.
Sickness, poverty and pain cannot stop a determined person.
God helps those who help themselves with hard work.

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