Friday October 16, 2009 - Seven Cowboy Values

Okay, there are no western cowboys in Amman, but I came across this fun article on the T-Nation website: 7 Cowboy Values

First, today's Crossfit WOD (performed at the hotel gym in Amman):
For time:

• 21 Hip-Back Extensions
• Run 400 meters
• 18 Hip-Back Extensions
• Run 400 meters
• 15 Hip-Back Extensions
• Run 400 meters
• 12 Hip-Back Extensions
• Run 400 meters
• 9 Hip-Back Extensions
• Run 400 meters
• 6 Hip-Back Extensions
• Run 400 meters
• 3 Hip-Back Extensions
• Run 400 meter

SEVEN COWBOY VALUES - Click for complete article.

1. Courage

Of course he's willing to die. You think we do this kind of work because we're scared to die?

— Virgil Cole, Appaloosa

2. Optimism

Vin: Reminds me of that fellow back home that fell off a ten-story building.
Chris: What about him?
Vin: Well, as he was falling people on each floor kept hearing him say, "So far, so good...so far, so good!

— The Magnificent Seven

3. Self Reliance

No brag... just fact.

— Will Sonnett, The Guns of Will Sonnett

4. Authenticity

If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

— Cowboy saying

5. Honor

It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life.

— Ten Bears, The Outlaw Josey Wales

6. Duty

From now on I see a red sash, I kill the man wearing it. So run you cur. And tell the other curs the law is coming. You tell 'em I'm coming! And Hell's coming with me, you hear! Hell's coming with me!

— Wyatt Earp, Tombstone

7. Heart

Well, he sure as hell wasn't one to complain. Woke with a smile, seemed like he could keep it there all day. Kind of a man that'd say 'good morning' and mean it, whether it was or not. Tell you the truth, Lord, if there was two gentler souls in this world, I never seen 'em. Seems like old Tig wouldn't even kill birds in the end. Well, you got yourself a good man and a good dog, and I'm inclined to agree with Boss here about holding a grudge against you for it. I guess that means Amen.

— Charley Waite, Open Range