min·now [min-oh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -nows, (especially collectively, Rare) -now for 1, 2, 3.
1. a small, European cyprinoid fish, Phoxinus phoxinus.
2. any other fish of the family Cyprinidae, including the carps, goldfishes, and daces.
3. any of various unrelated, small fishes.
4. a person or thing that is comparatively small or insignificant.
5. the underdog

Every morning at sea a minnow wakes up.
It knows it has to swim faster than the fastest shark or it will be killed.
Every morning a shark wakes up and knows that it must outswim the slowest minnow or it will starve to death.
So, it doesnt matter if you are a minnow or a shark,
when the sun comes up, you had better be swimming.