“IF–” is the famous poem published in 1910 by Rudyard Kipling, the speaker teaching life lessons to his son. And of course any team - but maybe especially the "dysfunctional'' 2022 Pats ...

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; ...

The poem, written by Rudyard Kipling in 1895, includes lines such as “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs” and “If you can wait and not be tired by waiting.” ...

It is this poem which more than any other gives the key to the interpretation of Mr. Kipling's work in general, and displays its controlling aim.

“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…” Perhaps you recognize this opening line from Rudyard Kipling’s poem If. Who doesn’t appreciate some Kipling?