This tiny Hawaiian college basketball team scored one of the great upsets in history, beating the number 1 ranked Virginia Cavaliers and 3-time All-American Ralph Sampson on Christmas Eve in 1983.
The fact that no television coverage of any kind was assigned to the game is indiciative of how little respect Chaminade was afforded. In fact they didn't even have a gym to call their own. First dibs on McCabe Gym went instead to St. Louis High, who shared their campus. Said Coach Merv Lopes, "Never complained once, because who the hell was gonna listen?"
Lopes' comment isn't far removed from Dale Carnegie's maxim "don't criticize, condemn or complain." It's been shown that even the hardest criminals find ways to rationalize their behavior. So how far do we expect to change anyone's mind simply by whining about how bad our situation is?
Even if it doesn't put us into the national sports pages, can we gain more happiness by adjusting to the lesser moments, rather than by wallowing around in them?
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