A MOTIVATIONAL PHRASE IS BORN
This motivational phrase is certainly not new. In-fact, its origin is quite unique. As you may have seen in the movie "Apollo 13", actor Ed Harris who plays the famous NASA Flight Director/Manager Gene Kranz says the phrase as he's addressing his staff, during a stress filled, hectic moment. Truth be told, Gene Kranz never actually said those exact words. It was derived from an interview that was done by the producers of the movie. During the interview, Kranz was asked "Weren't there times when everybody, or at least a few people, just panicked (in NASA Mission Control)?" His answer was "No, when bad things happened, we just calmly laid out all the options, and failure was not one of them. We never panicked, and we never gave up on finding a solution." From that point on, "Failure Is Not An Option" became the tag line of the movie.
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I always kinda wondered where a line like that came from. Good stuff.
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