University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, March 4. 1992
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Chiefs kicker praises failure during speech at Ellsworth
By Erik Bauer
Kansan staff writer
Nick Lowery, place kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, told 70 students at Ellsworth Hall last night that the secret to success was failure.
He said the epiphath on his tombstone should say that he was an expert on failure.
"It's my belief it's not success that matters," said Lowery, who failed 11 trysuit to eight different professional football teams before joining the Chiefs. "It's how well you stare failure in the face."
Lowery, a 1978 Dartmouth College graduate said that college students often set high goals for themselves but that they gave up when they made mistakes.
Many people fail because they concentrate on past mistakes, he said.
"Many of us are not prepared for failure," Lowery said.
Alluding to failures he faced in college and professional football, he said the pain of failure developed in him.
"Persistence alone is kissing. "Lowery said. "With it, almost anything can be achieved."
He said he attributed the success of his 13 seasons with the Chiefs to conquering the fear of failure with commitment and perseverance.
Lowery, who has kicked three of the six longest field goals in NFL history, said experience with failure helped people take responsibility for themselves and become their own role models.
"I paid my dues by expecting that pain and suffer.
ing," Lowery said. "I wouldn't have it any other way."
He said that everyone had specific roles to play in life and had different but equal gifts.
"The challenge is to find out what these gifts are and try to make the best of them," Lowery said. "Through that, you will have so much to give to others."
Lowery, who started a program called "Kick With Nick" that helps Kansas City agencies cope with the problems of inner-city children, said it was important to involve involvement to have an impact on the lives of others.
"Involvement is the best education you will ever have." he said.
As a college student, Lowyer said he took the advice of an Episcopal chaplain at Dartmouth.
"It's not the decisions in life that are important, but the energy you throw into what you decide to do," he said.
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Mark Kekeisen, St. Louis senior, said of Lowery's advice, "I think it's most important for upperclassmen who are about to make major life decisions."
Jeri Stephenson. Hugoton junior and president of
Kansas City Chiefs place kicker Nick Lowery speaks to a group of about70 Ellsworth Hall residents.
Ellsworth Hall, said she definitely agreed with the advice.
Stephenson said she also agreed with Lowery's statement that it was important to get involved and make a difference in someone else's life.
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