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Friday, August 1, 2008
Wherever You Are, Be There
Greater Louisville, KY
By: Steve Small
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Photo(s) By: Kyle Danztler/MyActionPortraits.com
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Don’t let the past get in your way, and aim high to reach your goals.
Guess what? When it comes right down to it, wherever you go, there you are. Whatever you wind up doing, that’s what you wound up doing. Whatever you are thinking, that’s what’s on your mind. Whatever happened to you, it already happened. The important question is, how are you going to handle it?
Whether you are the athlete who is starting, the one sitting at the far end of the bench, or the umpire, the mom, the dad, the grandpa, the grandma, the scorekeeper or the concession worker, wherever you are, be there.
Here is one of my all-time favorite motivational stories…enjoy.
The Bat, Buzzard and Bumblebee
If you put a buzzard in a pen six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of his ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten or twelve feet. Without space to run, as is his habit, he will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.
The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkably nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then at once, it takes off like a flash.
A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.
In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee. They are struggling with all their problems and frustrations, not realizing that if they look up, they will find the answer.
The one thing all coaches stress is, “It’s never as bad as it feels and it’s never as good as it looks.” Get up off the mat, get out of the clouds, see your tomorrow. We have a lot to work on but, no matter what, be able to look up.
The two rules of perseverance are: Rule 1. Take one more step.
Rule 2. When you don’t think you can take one more step, refer to Rule 1.
Big shots are little shots that just kept on shooting.
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