Seanad debates

Wednesday, 5 February 2003

The Minister and I were clearly thinking along the same lines when it came to the suggestion of using retired gardaĆ­ in a traffic corps. What a great idea. I hope the Minister will move in that direction. I have a Japanese friend who is a very successful businessman and when I asked him how he succeeded, he gave me a lovely saying: whether you believe you can or you believe you cannot, you are right. He took the example of a football game: if the team members go in thinking they do not have a chance against the other lot, they do not have a chance. However, if they go in believing they can win, then they can. What has happened to this country, this Government and this Minister recently is that for the first time, we have said that we can actually win this battle against road deaths. I congratulate those who have been involved in the successes of the past few months and I urge them not to lose sight, not to lose courage and to continue along that road.

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