Victory Nor Defeat

A few weeks ago, I purchased a t-shirt with a quote scripted across the front and back of it. I bought the shirt because I liked the way it looks. Now that I'm wearing the shirt, I'm thinking about what's actually written on it. So, I took the time to look up who said it, and when they said it. If you can find it, let me know by leaving a comment. Bonus points if you can point out what I would find most humorous about the quote and/or context it was given in.

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 better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

In case you wanted to see the shirt, it can be found here.

Thus Sayeth Your Haus