Team USA

This is my team. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My team is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.

My team, without me, is useless. Without my team, I am useless. I must fire my team true. I must play more accurately than my enemy who is trying to beat me. I must checkmate him before he checkmates me. I will...

My team and I know that what counts in chess is not the pieces we play, the squares of our board, nor the sounds we make. We know that it is the checkmates that count. We will mate...

My team is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my team clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...

Before God, I swear this creed. My team and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.

So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace!