In The Arena
51 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsTaken from a famous Theodore Roosevelt speech regarding his own time “In the Arena,” this podcast features government officials who are truly making a difference and challenging the status quo. Governing President, Cathilea Robinett, tours you through the halls of cities, counties and states to bring you a slice of what is best in American leadership today.
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Book Recommendations from Officials Who’ve Been “In the Arena”
December 08, 2020 01:40 - 23 minutes - 42.8 MBAs 2020 comes to a close, we take a moment to reflect on the numerous books that government officials from across the nation have recommended over the past several years. In the Arena’s podcast interviews have included many good book recommendations, often more than one, from government officials all over the country. The officials have suggested books for all kinds of reasons; some have enchanted them as a child, others have inspired them to pursue their current career of public service. ...
Service Before Self: Karen Baker’s Career in Public Service
November 09, 2020 22:37 - 30 minutes - 55.4 MBThe career public servant has served a president and in the cabinets of three governors, and is not afraid of tackling big, complicated jobs that help the disenfranchised while building better communities. Karen Baker was raised in Ohio with seven siblings where there was not much opportunity to be selfish. Her upbringing taught her the value of selflessness and service, which has helped shape her decades-long career in public service. Whether it was volunteering with the Jesuit Voluntee...
The Many Chapters of Jabari Simama’s Life
October 26, 2020 23:20 - 37 minutes - 68.3 MBHumble beginnings and a kind demeanor have made him a great public servant, including work as an elected county official and college president. It also has led him to foster a deep friendship with legendary John Lewis. Jabari Simama’s story has many different chapters. He grew up in Columbia, Mo., and attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., through a football scholarship. During a college Christian fellowship, Simama travelled to Connecticut, where he found kinship and a job th...
How Sheila Oliver Made a Career of Breaking Glass Ceilings
October 12, 2020 22:15 - 37 minutes - 69.5 MBInspired by trailblazer Shirley Chisholm, New Jersey’s Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver has become a powerful and inspirational leader in her own right and has already left a mark that will last for generations. Sheila Oliver has always been inspired by the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress. She was particularly motivated by a simple but memorable remark that Congresswoman Chisholm made in one of her speeches: “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, ...
Finding Common Ground in an America That Will Not Agree
September 28, 2020 21:44 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBIn a time of an extremely divided America, Bruce Bond works with his team to develop common ground and inspire others to create positive change. Bruce Bond has always had a love of politics; he studied it in college and has found great value in political engagement. But over the past several years, American politics has morphed into a new beast, something very different from what he had studied and admired. “It had come to the point where there was a lot of demonizing going on, where if ...
From Literature to Water: Heather Repenning on Impacting Change
September 14, 2020 22:56 - 25 minutes - 45.9 MBShe didn’t grow up dreaming of working in a position of power in a big city like Los Angeles, but her strong desire to help people and make the world a better place rerouted her into a career of public service. Heather Repenning moved to California from small-town Kentucky with the intention of earning a Ph.D. in comparative literature, but soon began to wonder if it was truly her correct path. She worried that the highly academic language of her work was not accessible to people of all ba...
America "In The Arena" — How We Can Overcome
September 01, 2020 00:51 - 18 minutes - 34.4 MBLife is an unpredictable collision of people and events that set our lives' trajectory and shape who we become. In this special episode of "In The Arena," host Cathilea Robinett talks intimately of the collision of people and events that have helped define the woman she is today. Cathilea Robinett grew up in California's Humboldt County — rural, predominantly white, and a place she admired growing up. Helen Thomas Cook lived next to Cathilea's grandmother. The two women were best friends, ...
College’s First Black President on Digital Equity, Systemic Change in COVID
August 17, 2020 21:53 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBDr. Miles Davis wants to use his platform as first Black president of Linfield college to affect systemic change. Even as COVID-19 drastically changes the face of education, Dr. Davis is determined to create the next generation of leaders. Miles K. Davis’ path to becoming the first Black president of Linfield College was not a straight line. While raised in poverty, his parents instilled in Davis a strong belief in the transformational power of education, which led him to go to college. Af...
Sharon Greenberger Fights for New York as YMCA President, CEO
August 03, 2020 21:56 - 22 minutes - 41.6 MBAs president and CEO of the New York YMCA, Sharon Greenberger is constantly working to make New York a healthier, happier community. Now she uses her decades of experience to transform The Y into a place of hope amid COVID-19. The New York YMCA has been focusing on the trifecta of mind, body and spirit for nearly 170 years, and Sharon Greenberger aims to further that focus despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. With a background in urban planning and experience in economic dev...
Toni Carter, Minnesota’s First Black County Commissioner, Speaks Out
July 20, 2020 22:57 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBRamsey County’s commissioner has fought for change in the state for the past three decades through vigorous community engagement. She has marked history with her achievements and now watches her son do the same as mayor of St. Paul. Toni Carter has constantly aspired for more. Born in rural Alabama, Carter moved with her parents to Cleveland to escape the Jim Crow treatment they had received in the South. Eventually she left Cleveland to go to school in Northfield, Minn., where she found a...
Stockton’s New City Manager Sees an Opportunity During Troubled Times
July 06, 2020 21:13 - 32 minutes - 58.7 MBA former Baltimore CFO and city manager for Cincinnati, Harry Black just started as Stockton’s city manager when the pandemic began, quickly followed by national protests. But with his extensive, unique career, he is ready to help the city succeed. Harry Black grew up in the inner city of Baltimore, and saw the impact that good and bad public policy had on his gritty neighborhood. After college, Black worked in several local government positions, giving him opportunities to grow and succee...
Reforming Corrections in Pennsylvania with Data, Creativity
June 22, 2020 20:55 - 37 minutes - 69.2 MBJohn Wetzel uses decades of experience and an unyielding determination to serve Pennsylvania as the secretary of corrections. But he knows that the true value of leadership comes from data, creativity and good people. John Wetzel has worked in corrections for over 30 years, but he is sure not to take himself too seriously. Starting as a part-time correctional officer when he was in college, Wetzel has worked up through the ranks and has been Pennsylvania’s secretary of corrections since 20...
Alisha Bell: Wayne County’s Unstoppable Force of Leadership
June 12, 2020 23:39 - 35 minutes - 64.7 MBA county and national leader, Alisha Bell has learned how to be a successful public official by following the path her mother laid down. Now she ensures that her actions will help those who will one day follow her. Whether she is Commission Chair for Wayne County, Mich., president of both the National Association of Black County Officials and the Women of the National Association of Counties, or founding her own charity program, there does not seem to be anything that Alisha Bell cannot do...
Alisha Bell: Michigan’s Unstoppable Force of Leadership
June 08, 2020 20:41 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBA county and national leader, Alisha Bell has learned how to be a successful public official by following the path her mother laid down. Now she ensures that her actions will help those who will one day follow her. Whether she is commission chair of Wayne County, Mich., president of both the National Association of Black County Officials and the Women of the National Association of Counties, or founder of her own charity program, there does not seem to be anything that Alisha Bell cannot d...
County Commissioner Helps Others with Resources, Compassion
May 22, 2020 20:58 - 22 minutes - 40.4 MBWhether it’s a small county or a national stage, Mary Ann Borgeson leads Douglas County, Neb., and the National Association of Counties with compassion and the understanding of the impacts her decisions can make. Mary Ann Borgeson did not consider running for elected office in her home state of Nebraska until her husband encouraged her to do so. But, even after nearly three decades in public office, she does not look at it as being a politician or an elected official, she simply sees a job...
Betty Yee, State Controller, State of California
May 11, 2020 21:55 - 34 minutes - 62.7 MBBetty Yee uses her role as California’s state controller to uplift underserved communities, encourage women participation in politics and public office and remind others that a state is only as strong as its individuals. Betty Yee grew up keeping track of the finances of her family’s laundry and dry-cleaning business and now she keeps track of the finances for the fifth largest economy in the world. As California State Controller, she sits on 70 different boards and commissions and is now ...
Serena DiMaso, Assembly Member, State of New Jersey
April 28, 2020 07:01 - 32 minutes - 59 MBWhether it is a devastating hurricane or global pandemic, Serena DiMaso will be there to lend a helping hand. From the front lines and Assembly floor, DiMaso is constantly working to strengthen and uplift her community. Join Serena DiMaso “In the Arena” to hear more about her lifelong career of helping others, the history of the term “freeholder” and New Jersey’s efforts to combat the coronavirus.
Clay S. Jenkinson, Editor-at-Large, GOVERNING
April 14, 2020 07:01 - 33 minutes - 61.9 MBClay Jenkinson, Governing’s editor-at-large and humanities scholar on Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt, tells us how literature and history can help inform leaders in this time of global national crisis. community’s plans for containment; he describes how current government officials can find inspiration for strong leadership, bold actions, science-based serenity and an optimistic faith in the American people through the study of Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson among oth...
Bryan Barnett, Mayor of Rochester Hills, MI, President of U.S. Conference of Mayors
March 23, 2020 23:09 - 30 minutes - 55.6 MBHis passion for authentic relationships helps Bryan Barnett to excel as Mayor of Rochester Hills and as President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Even in a time when the nation is without strategy, he continues to lead with integrity. A simple card game provided community and a career in public service for Bryan Barnett. He hadn’t found inspiration for his scholastic studies until he was invited to join a card game at lunch. It didn’t seem transformation at the time, but he “said yes, me...
Ryan Coonerty, County Supervisor, Santa Cruz
March 10, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes - 59.9 MBRyan Coonerty knows Santa Cruz, California. After being raised in the small coastal city and then going across the pond and country for schooling, he returned to his hometown to get connected with public policy in a way that he felt he was missing in Washington D.C. Just because he has a passion to help his Santa Cruz community doesn’t mean that he doesn’t encounter difficulties in his role as County Supervisor. But he uses his previous experiences as city council member and mayor to help ...
Lydia Mihalik, Director of the Development Services Agency, State of Ohio
February 25, 2020 09:00 - 25 minutes - 46.7 MBLydia Mihalik is a fierce team leader and has a passion for improving the lives of others, two qualities that have suited her perfectly for Ohio’s public service as Director of the Development Services Agency. Though a Hoosier transplant, Lydia Mihalik has found a home in the buckeye state. An internship in a small Northwest Ohio community helped her realize her interest in local government, especially in community and economic development, and eventually lead her to work for the city of F...
Chris Cabaldon, Mayor, City of West Sacramento
February 11, 2020 08:01 - 35 minutes - 65.2 MBWest Sacramento has been an incorporated city since 1987 but most people living in the area never knew much about the city; Chris Cabaldon was no exception. In fact, he says the only reason why he discovered West Sacramento was because he accidentally got off on the wrong freeway exit. But he ended up finding “a place that I wanted to live.” Chris Cabaldon began seeing many opportunities for change and growth in his new city and used it to build his platform for his political ...
Affie Ellis, Wyoming State Senator
January 28, 2020 08:01 - 32 minutes - 59.9 MBA passionate representative for women, Navajo people, and Wyomingites, Affie Ellis is a force to be reckoned with and she hopes to use her curiosity and patience to dig deeply into century-old tensions for years to come. Join Ellis “In the Arena” for a thoughtful discussion about cultural history, representation and problem solving that extends beyond the great plains of Wyoming.
Beth Niblock, CIO, City of Detroit, MI
January 14, 2020 08:01 - 26 minutes - 49 MBCIO uses courage, persistence to uplift Detroit through technology. Caring, passionate, and having always pushed back against the status quo, Beth Niblock has used her role as Detroit chief information officer to revitalize the city with technology after a tough period of bankruptcy.
Eric Garcetti, mayor, city of Los Angeles
December 17, 2019 08:01 - 22 minutes - 41 MBEric Garcetti says he ended up as the mayor of Los Angeles, California, “kind of by accident.” He attributes his mayoral pathway to his parents who taught him the importance of public service and listening, and his humble and inclusive heart have helped him find success in the position. "You never win by talking. I think public service is about listening. If you hear your city, you hear your country, you hear your world, it will speak to you." Mayor Garcetti explains that to be successfu...
Eric Garcetti, Mayor, City of Los Angeles
December 17, 2019 08:01 - 22 minutes - 41 MBEric Garcetti says he ended up as the mayor of Los Angeles, California, “kind of by accident.” He attributes his mayoral pathway to his parents who taught him the importance of public service and listening, and his humble and inclusive heart have helped him find success in the position. "You never win by talking. I think public service is about listening. If you hear your city, you hear your country, you hear your world, it will speak to you." Mayor Garcetti explains that to be successfu...
TV's Ed O'Keefe: Preserving the Past and Defining the Future
December 03, 2019 09:00 - 51 minutes - 93.9 MBFrom reporting on congress to building the first mobile streaming news network, small-town, north Dakotan Ed O’Keefe has extensive media experience. And as CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation, O’Keefe is creating an experience that preserves and shares Roosevelt’s legacy. For more on the “In The Arena” podcast, visit https://www.governing.com/ITA
Blair Milo, secretary of career and talent connection for the state of Indiana
November 20, 2019 00:13 - 33 minutes - 60.9 MBAfter five years of active duty in the Navy, including stints in Bahrain and at the Pentagon, Blair Milo saw that her hometown of LaPorte, Ind., was running out of money in six months. She thought, “How can this even happen?” This inspired her to run for mayor at the age of 28. She won and became the youngest mayor in LaPorte’s history. In 2017, she was appointed secretary of career and talent connection for the state of Indiana. She is currently working to fill over 1 million jobs over th...
Blair Milo, Secretary of Career and Talent Connection for the State of Indiana
November 20, 2019 00:13 - 33 minutes - 60.9 MBAfter five years of active duty in the Navy, including stints in Bahrain and at the Pentagon, Blair Milo saw that her hometown of LaPorte, Ind., was running out of money in six months. She thought, “How can this even happen?” This inspired her to run for mayor at the age of 28. She won and became the youngest mayor in LaPorte’s history. In 2017, she was appointed secretary of career and talent connection for the state of Indiana. She is currently working to fill over 1 million jobs over th...
Kirsten Baesler, Superintendent of Public Instruction, North Dakota
November 05, 2019 00:00 - 33 minutes - 61.1 MBKirsten Baesler has a deep commitment to empowering students and a passion for raising the standards of education. She grew up in a family of seven and was always told, "It's not a question of if you can serve, it's a question how you can best serve." This led her to find her passion in education.
Kirsten, Superintendent of Public Instruction, North Dakota
November 05, 2019 00:00 - 33 minutes - 61.1 MBKirsten Baesler has a deep commitment to empowering students and a passion for raising the standards of education. She grew up in a family of seven and was always told, "It's not a question of if you can serve, it's a question how you can best serve." This led her to find her passion in education.
Phil Bertolini, Co-Director, Center for Digital Government
October 21, 2019 11:30 - 21 minutes - 39.6 MBDuring Phil Bertolini’s 31 years of public service, he built a world-class IT organization in the second-largest county in Michigan. As former CIO and Deputy County Executive for Oakland County, MI., Phil oversaw more than 150 employees serving over 1.2 million residents. Phil’s efforts earned the county national attention, winning numerous awards for technology innovation and excellence. He was named one of Governing Magazine’s Public Officials of the Year and Government Technology Magazi...
Phil Bertolini, Deputy County Executive, Oakland County, MI.
October 21, 2019 11:30 - 21 minutes - 39.6 MBDuring Phil Bertolini’s 31 years of public service, he built a world-class IT organization in the second-largest county in Michigan. As former CIO and Deputy County Executive for Oakland County, MI., Phil oversaw more than 150 employees serving over 1.2 million residents. Phil’s efforts earned the county national attention, winning numerous awards for technology innovation and excellence. He was named one of Governing Magazine’s Public Officials of the Year and Government Technology Magazi...
Dow Constantine, Executive, King County, Washington
September 17, 2019 04:48 - 19 minutes - 35.1 MBA fourth-generation Washingtonian and life-long resident of King County, Dow Constantine, who lives in the same West Seattle neighborhood where he grew up, has been involved in local politics since joining a preservation effort as a law school student in the 1980s. Throughout his service in the Legislature, on the King County Council, and as Executive of King County, Dow has consistently fought for and delivered transportation solutions, environmental conservation, public health and safety...
Harry LaRosiliere, Mayor, City of Plano, TX
September 03, 2019 08:00 - 21 minutes - 39.1 MBHarry LaRosiliere knew he would be a mayor 20 years before it happened. Today he is serving his second term as mayor of Plano, Texas. LaRosiliere comes from humble beginnings. Born in Haiti, he moved with his family to New York as a child where his mother cleaned office buildings and his father worked in a factory. Running for mayor was a “calling,” LaRosiliere says, born out of a desire to effect positive change in his community. For more on the In The Arena podcast, visit https://www.gov...
Rebecca Rhynhart, City Controller, City of Philadelphia
August 20, 2019 09:01 - 26 minutes - 48 MBPeople thought Rebecca Rhynhart was crazy when she decided to run for Philadelphia controller. At the time, the city never had a woman in the position. Rhynhart also did not have a traditional political background, working on Wall Street for seven years before transitioning to city government. In Philadelphia, she took on the role of city treasurer, budget director and chief administrative officer prior to jumping into the controller race. Despite the doubts, Rhynhart shocked thepolitical ...
Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
August 06, 2019 09:00 - 25 minutes - 47.1 MBWe live in a time of political division and public fear about the future. But one conversation with Dr. Crow might just make you optimistic. Dr. Crow has been the president of Arizona State since 2002. He previously served as Executive Vice Provost of Columbia University, where he also taught science and technology policy. In Crow’s years working with students of the digital age – the Sapiens [dot] net as he calls them – he has been comforted by their intelligence, their creativity, and th...
Toi Hutchinson, State Senator, Illinois
July 23, 2019 09:00 - 40 minutes - 74.6 MBToi Hutchinson knows how to make a comeback. Her first foray into politics came when she challenged an incumbent to run for atownship supervisor seat in Illinois. She lost.The day after the election, an Illinois state senator asked Hutchinson to be her chief of staff. A few years later, when the senator won a seat in the U.S. House, Hutchinson took her place in 2009. But taking on a state legislator role as the mother of three young boys wasn’t all Hutchinson had going on. She was also in la...
Young Mayors: Recorded Live at GOV Summit on Government Performance and Innovation
July 09, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBU.S. mayors have a lot on their plates these days. From infrastructure to climate concerns, today’s rising class of local politicians are changing the way things are done and seeking out creative solutions to help their residents. Four of these promising leaders had the opportunity to speak on a panel at Governing’s Summit on Performance and Innovation last month. Mayors Melvin Carter of St. Paul, Minn., Jenn Daniels of Gilbert, Ariz., Jacob Frey of Minneapolis, Minn., and Francis Suarez of ...
Chris Castro, Director of Sustainability, City of Orlando
June 25, 2019 10:01 - 32 minutes - 59.9 MBChris Castro is full of big ideas, and he’s ready to shake up how local governments do business. Castro’s love for the environment grew on his parent’s palm tree farm in Miami. Now, he combines that passion with innovation as Orlando’s Director of Sustainability. His project includes the city’s Fleet Farming program, which provides nutrition to food insecure communities by turning front yards into small farms. But Castro has another ambitious effort underway: making Orlando carbon-free by ...
Kim Foxx, State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois
June 11, 2019 09:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBKimberly Foxx is unapologetic for where she came from and what she believes in. Foxx grew up in the 1970s and ’80s in Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green public housing project, a development known for high crime rates and police neglect. Her family later moved to the more affluent Lincoln Park, but her background shaped her in meaningful ways. After moving, she started to notice the disparate opportunities available to her new neighbors versus those from her old housing project. That seed la...
Doug Burgum, Governor, State of North Dakota
August 08, 2018 04:38 - 26 minutes - 49.2 MBTheodore Roosevelt doesn't have a presidential library. Yet. A nonprofit foundation in North Dakota, with the help of technologists, historians and Gov. Doug Burgum, is working to correct that oversight. When Burgum talks about public service, he sounds a lot like Roosevelt, who said, "It is not the critic who counts. ... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood." Burgum says that "anybody with a phone and two thumbs c...
Nan Whaley, Mayor, City of Dayton, Ohio
August 01, 2018 07:01 - 20 minutes - 37 MBIt is the way things have always been done in Dayton. Neighbors talk to each other over fences and on porches about what they are really thinking about. Tapping into that dynamic helped Nan Whaley become mayor in 2013. Even after she won, she still keeps in touch with the Ohio city’s 140,000 residents through "porch tours." Whaley says she listens fearlessly because she has learned that in public service, you cannot be afraid of failure. Before becoming mayor, she served as one of the c...
Steve K. Benjamin, Mayor, City of Columbia, SC
July 25, 2018 07:01 - 29 minutes - 54.4 MBMayor Steve Benjamin is no stranger to having difficult conversations on a public scale. He got his start in politics as a student activist seeking to bring the Confederate flag down from the South Carolina statehouse. In his new role as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, he speaks with and for 1,500 mayors about common challenges -- opioid addiction, homelessness, immigration and trade. In his town, Columbia, he is focused on the “three I's” of city life -- infrastructure, innova...
Kristen Cox, Executive Director, OMB, State of Utah
July 18, 2018 07:01 - 25 minutes - 46.7 MBKristen Cox knows about constraints. After the fiscal crisis, the Executive Director of the Utah Office of Management and Budget applied the same kind of fiscal stress tests the Federal Reserve uses on banks to do a reality check on the State of Utah’s books. It surfaced both the state’s strengths and vulnerabilities. Her life is really a story about strength and vulnerability. In coming terms with becoming blind, she hit bottom in a man hole. That’s not a metaphor. Nor is her solo skydivin...
Acquanetta Warren, Mayor, City of Fontana, CA
July 11, 2018 07:01 - 21 minutes - 40 MBMayor Acquanetta Warren credits her father for her big dreams. "You've been to the moon," he used to say. There was some truth to that. Acquanetta Warren's election in 2010 was historic. She is Fontana, Calif.'s first female and first African-American mayor. Her inspiration for public service is actually rooted in watching history being made. “My parents would have [me] in front of the TV every morning and every evening watching the news," remembers Warren. “I was really afraid because o...
Greg Fischer, Mayor, City of Louisville, KY
June 27, 2018 04:01 - 25 minutes - 47.3 MBOn his Inauguration Day in 2011, Greg Fischer turned heads when he announced an experiment to make Louisville "the nation's first compassionate city." "Nobody disagrees with the concept of compassion. But the question is, how do you operationalize it in a city?" In the last seven years, the city has worked with local businesses and nonprofits to help answer that question. The Kentucky city's work has helped to forge a model that other cities are watching closely. On this episode of "In t...
Themis Klarides, Minority Leader, Connecticut Legislature
June 19, 2018 16:01 - 25 minutes - 46.5 MBThemis Klarides has made a career of defying expectations. Earlier this year, the Connecticut House minority speaker resisted pressure to run for the open governor’s race in her state. Instead, she's making a play to form a Republican majority and become Speaker. Klarides, 52, the first woman leader of the House Republicans in Connecticut history, was first elected to the legislature two decades ago. Her path wasn't the most traditional route to public office: A former model and competit...
Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles
June 13, 2018 07:00 - 24 minutes - 45.8 MBOn the heals of the 86th annual meeting of the US Conference of Mayors in Boston over the weekend, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says mayors have what America wants. Garcetti, 47, has been testing the waters for a potential presidential bid in 2020. Even if he doesn't run, he hopes other mayors will. As the chief executives of cities, Garcetti says mayors are "practical, results-oriented, inclusive and decent." In a veiled reference to the current administration, Garcetti laments the curr...
Clay Jenkinson, Humanities Scholar, Roosevelt Expert
June 05, 2018 19:29 - 36 minutes - 67.1 MBOn April 23, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt gave what would become one of the most widely quoted speeches of his career. In it, the nation's 26th president used his hyperbolic oratory to bear on the themes of leadership and loneliness. "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood," Rooseve...