Champions are MADE! not Born
I talked crap @ 8:36 p.m. on 03.16.04
hey just got back from the wrestling awards banquet, and im in a really great mood, so im gonna post some things ive gotten over the past 3 years of wrestling.
HE STANDS ALONE-- when a boy walks onto the mat, he stands alone. Noone will run interference; noone will pass him the ball when he is under the net. noone will catch a high fly ball if he makes a bad pitch. He stands alone.
In other sports, where individual scores are kept, the contest is determined in time, distance, and height. But, in wrestling, the score is kept on a boy's ability to overcome an opponent in a hand-to-hand contest, where at any second, at any time, it can mean a loss or a win. If an opponent gains an advantage, there will be no help, no substitutes. There will be no time out and all can be lost in one second. Yes, the boy stands alone.
From the spectator's standpoint, attention is focused on two boys: not from 100 yards away, as in some sports, but in most contests just a few feet away. Every move can be seen, every act detected. A failure in endurance, in technique, or in courage will be spotlighted.
There is no place on the wrestling team for the lazy, the show-off, or the half hearted. When the whistle blows, a boy puts his ability, his determination, and his courage on the line
We who are close to the young boys on our wrestling team have watched the full range of human emotions from elation to heartbreak. We have seen coaches with tears running down their cheeks as they try to console a young boy who has given his all....
Yet lost.
Wrestling is a tough, hard sport, and like life, it is the survival of the fittest. The young boys who enter and stay with the team know this. They also know that when the time comes and the whistle blows...
HE STANDS ALONE
THE GOLD MEDAL
"Gold Medals aren't really made of Gold"
"They're made of Sweat, Determination, and a hard to find alloy called GUTS"
Dan Gable.
"let us ask ourselves something. And tell the truth"
Do you ever notice a wrestling match going on in your head? one between the part in you that wants to give up, and the part that will, under nocircumstances ever give up? The good thing is if u train hard enough, the part that wants to give up usually gets pummeled
IT'S ALL IN A STATE OF MIND
If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you won't
If you like to win, but don't think you can
It's almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost
For out in the world you'll find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in a state of mind.
For many a game is lost
Ere even a play is run
And many a coward fails
Ere even his work is begun.
Think big and your deeds will grow,
Think small and you'll fall behind;
Think you CAN and you WILL:
It's all in a state of mind.
If you think you are out-classed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise;
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the fellow who thinks he can.
ANKENY HAWK WRESTLING 2003-2004
