I will.
"You're climbing to the top of the mountain, and there are rocks falling on you, and you get so discouraged but you have to make it to the top of the mountain. I don't care if you crawl on your hands and knees to get there, because when you make it to the top you're able to stand on the top of the mountain. You have teeth knocked out and you're all beat up, but you made it to the top of the mountain, and you're finally able to stand and said 'I made it.' So today, you're going to make it to the top of the mountain. You will not stop until you reach the top. This team will not lose another game. There hasn't been a game that you girls should have lost. You will come to practice, and you will practice at home, because you're that good. You girls have too much talent not to practice. I should have given you this talk at the beginning of the season like I did last year, but I didn't... So you're getting it now. We will not lose another game, because you're better than that. You're better than any other team out there, and it's time you start running your plays like we practiced."
What is this, and what did it lead to? This was my basketball coach before our game last night. What it led to was a thirty point win for the varsity girl's Tornados team. I honestly think that that speech made us want to win, made us (or me, at least) need to win. For me, because I felt so bad about losing all these games that I knew we could win but we just gave up.
So, I've decided I will practice, every day. Hold me to that, anyone who reads this, will ya? Because I know I won't do it by myself. I don't have very good... Oh what's the word? self... AGH that word that means you make yourself do stuff, like no one else is making you, but you're making you. That word.
I will be a mother bear protecting her cub. The ball is mine. The game is mine. Every point the other team made, made me feel like I wasn't doing something right, even though we were thrity points up on them. I still did not want them to make a single point. Am I that mean?
What is this, and what did it lead to? This was my basketball coach before our game last night. What it led to was a thirty point win for the varsity girl's Tornados team. I honestly think that that speech made us want to win, made us (or me, at least) need to win. For me, because I felt so bad about losing all these games that I knew we could win but we just gave up.
So, I've decided I will practice, every day. Hold me to that, anyone who reads this, will ya? Because I know I won't do it by myself. I don't have very good... Oh what's the word? self... AGH that word that means you make yourself do stuff, like no one else is making you, but you're making you. That word.
I will be a mother bear protecting her cub. The ball is mine. The game is mine. Every point the other team made, made me feel like I wasn't doing something right, even though we were thrity points up on them. I still did not want them to make a single point. Am I that mean?
posted by Hannah at 9:08 AM
1 Comments:
The word you were looking for is "initiative." :P
Still want me to hold you to that promise?
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