A few years ago, Concordia had a point guard named MaryLee Legried, the best point guard to ever play here. More important than her awesome passing skills was MaryLee's attitude about excuses for losing. She hated them. She didn't like to give them and she didn't like to hear them. We had a game.
All floors are the same size.
MaryLee would just glare at them. You didn't have to be a rocket scientist to know what the glare meant. Stop whining, get ready to play, and get the job done. A couple summers ago I was in Nicaragua and had a chance to work with their national basketball team. Nicaragua was suffering the economic effects of an eight-year war.