figured with all the recent activity and the desire to get things under way ASAP...we'd need a thread over the motto. My current top 5: 1. "The Strongest One" or "Validus Unus" 2. "Eternal Vigiliance" 3. "I'm Ready" or "Ego Sum Prontus" 4. "Strength Through Unity" or "Vires Per Iunctum" 5. "Risen from the Ashes"
"If You Can't Beat 'Em, At Least Make Fun of 'Em." "Are You Gonna Eat That?" Seriously, I like "Strength Through Unity."
Just had a "duh" moment. Mark Twain, obviously. Below are quotes of his: "Irreverence is the champion of liberty" "Spirit...has fifty times the strength and staying-power of brawn and muscle" "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" - could be just "always do right" "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." - perhaps just "resistance to fear" "The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession, what there is of it."
"(Insert name of other MLS team here) ________ has some great players. I don't know what happens to them once they get to ____________"- Steve Spurrier "(If he runs) I'll whup his ass"- Jimmy Carter
Here are some for my ATL scallywags, carpetbaggers, and straight-up yankees: "The North isn't a place. It's just a direction out of the South." --Roy Blount, Jr. "The South--where roots, place, family, and tradition are the essence of identity." --Social historian Carl N. Degler "Down South everybody cherishes dreams. In dreams this world and the next mix like sugar and grits." [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]----Grandmother Ernestine, to novelist Jewell Parker Rhodes [/FONT] "The South is the only place in the world where nothing has to be explained to me." [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]----Woodrow Wilson [/FONT]
Just for reference, a few others from around the league (teams and supporters' groups) Sons of Ben: Ad Finem Fidelis (Faithful to the end) Barra Brava: Muerte o Gloria (Death or Glory) Emerald City Supporters: No Equal Screaming Eagles: Standing Up for D.C. Longer quotes are good for T-shirts and such, but for a motto you need something simple and short.