April 4, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 59 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H3091-H3092]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TEXAS TECH HEADS TO FINAL FOUR

  (Mr. ARRINGTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)

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  Mr. ARRINGTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Red 
Raiders of Texas Tech and a new standard of excellence in west Texas.
  Sports teaches us a lot about the game of life. It teaches us that 
anything worth doing is worth working hard for. It teaches us the 
virtue of competition, the value of setting ambitious goals, and the 
necessity of making sacrifices to achieve them.
  Through sports, we learn how to work as a team, how to be resilient 
in the face of adversity, and how to display grace in victory as well 
as defeat.
  No one embodies these traits better than Coach Beard and the Texas 
Tech men's basketball team who have earned their first trip to the 
Final Four.
  Coach Beard says the tough times pass, but the tough people last. Let 
me tell you, these Red Raiders are as tough as west Texas.
  To the team, listen to the coach: Four to one, four parts mental, one 
part physical.
  To my fellow Americans, get your guns up because Texas Tech is in 
Minneapolis, and we are coming home with the national championship.
  Go Tech.

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