Success in life through athletics

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Anything that comes easy has much less value than something you work hard for, sweat, cry, invest, and enjoy that payoff when at just the right moment in your life, all the injustice, all the frustrations, ... all become worth it. Not because you make some incredible play that saves the game, but because you look at yourself in the mirror and realize that you learned how to stand strong against everything one could throw at you. It isn't even about your sport anymore, it just becomes about who you are as a person. You endure, you become a survivor that may be the strength you need down the road in life that will get you through a tough situation and then you will be ready. You look back and realize what you just accomplished, and then you have proof to believe in yourself and your team.

Many of you do not realize we are in a very small percentage of people in this world. The world loves athletes. It is not because they score points, it is not because they get to wear a uniform, be in a picture, it is what they represent to this world. Hard work, teamwork, unity, heart, working together towards a common goal, and the group that does that the best will succeed, be it a family, a corporation, or a sports team. Everyone in the world can relate to what it takes to be on some successful team and they know it takes courage to put that out there in front of an audience. -Others want to know what makes you successful. It is taking your turn to step up, and to step back, some days you take the shots for everyone, other days you encourage them as they take the shots. True athletes know exactly what I mean.

All I know is if you hang in there and persist, that at the right moment in life, it will all be worth it to you. Especially, the day you realize you haven’t been training and practicing for a sport at all, but training for life.

-SB29 http://www.palmbeachpunishers.com

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