A small wooden shield with a green sprout growing through a crack beside a larger metal shield.

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Archie Griffin

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Size matters less than spirit in a contest, the saying claims. A small dog with great determination can outmatch a bigger one that lacks it, so the measure of a competitor is how fiercely they are willing to fight, not how large or imposing they look.

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