I am
amazed at how much effort and endurance sports personalities have to go through
to become the peak performers. They put themselves through hours and hours of grueling training trying to obtain the highest
levels of expertise and excellence in their sporting discipline. These men and
women aren’t born that way; they intentionally mold themselves into great
sportsmen by the daily choices they make.
Larry
Bird, an American basketball player said that “A winner is someone who recognizes
his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses
his skills to accomplish his goals”. Everyone has a talent, but not everyone
has developed it into a skill. Often we mistake our talents for skills. A skill
is a gift or talent that has been developed to nearly its full capacity or at
least to a point, that achieves a pre determined
goal.
‘Working your
tail off’ is making a conscious decision to pursue your dreams ,to use your
talent. It requires a great deal of discipline and in some cases it may take a
number of years. Discipline is not a culture limited to sport; it is a tradition
of greatness in every sphere of life.
The champion in you is not waiting to be born, he is waiting to be trained,
disciplined, and mentored. Fortunately the only person who can make that choice
to become great is you!
