Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Paul Harvey
Went home for lunch today and on the way one of my favorite talk radio host was talking Hoops!
Well, he wasn't really talking basketball but he did ask the following:
"Why would a person strive to be average?"
“A person who is average is either the best of the worst or the worst of the best."
I don't know if people do strive to be average in areas of their life. . . what I do believe is that there are areas of our lives that we accept being average and sometimes even below average. Most likely it is because we don't have the desire or the time to be more than just that. . . average. Besides, it would be really tough to be above average in all areas of life.
To have a successful team. . . a team that can compete at a high level. . . a team that is “above average”. . . you need to have players who place basketball on their list of activities that they are willing and eager to be better than average.
I don't believe you would find many girls in our program that would say they are okay with being average. I think all of them have dreams of being better than most. . . the most important element though is how "eager" they are to do what they need to do, to be more than just average.
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There are countless who would “LIKE” to achieve success.
There are many that are “WILLING” to work to achieve success.
But few are the people who are “EAGER” to achieve success.
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Right now I see players in are program that seem eager to be successful; Kelcey Lass, Steph Torkildson, Lexi Thorson, Michaela Gray, Ashley Morgan, Taylor Larson, Kristen Haugen, Mackenzie Strand, Erika Morgan are all examples of players that I really see as being eager to be their best. These are the girls that I see coming into the gym. These are the ones who seem to be more eager than others to achieve success and these are girls that seem to be really trying to get that "edge", that skill, that attitude that will make them better than the rest.
Let's face it. . .To be better than the rest, in almost all areas of life, you have to sacrifice. . . you have to put in the time. . . You have to really want to be good. . . You must be EAGER to ACT!
Well, he wasn't really talking basketball but he did ask the following:
"Why would a person strive to be average?"
“A person who is average is either the best of the worst or the worst of the best."
I don't know if people do strive to be average in areas of their life. . . what I do believe is that there are areas of our lives that we accept being average and sometimes even below average. Most likely it is because we don't have the desire or the time to be more than just that. . . average. Besides, it would be really tough to be above average in all areas of life.
To have a successful team. . . a team that can compete at a high level. . . a team that is “above average”. . . you need to have players who place basketball on their list of activities that they are willing and eager to be better than average.
I don't believe you would find many girls in our program that would say they are okay with being average. I think all of them have dreams of being better than most. . . the most important element though is how "eager" they are to do what they need to do, to be more than just average.
- - - - - -
There are countless who would “LIKE” to achieve success.
There are many that are “WILLING” to work to achieve success.
But few are the people who are “EAGER” to achieve success.
- - - - - -
Right now I see players in are program that seem eager to be successful; Kelcey Lass, Steph Torkildson, Lexi Thorson, Michaela Gray, Ashley Morgan, Taylor Larson, Kristen Haugen, Mackenzie Strand, Erika Morgan are all examples of players that I really see as being eager to be their best. These are the girls that I see coming into the gym. These are the ones who seem to be more eager than others to achieve success and these are girls that seem to be really trying to get that "edge", that skill, that attitude that will make them better than the rest.
Let's face it. . .To be better than the rest, in almost all areas of life, you have to sacrifice. . . you have to put in the time. . . You have to really want to be good. . . You must be EAGER to ACT!
# posted by Viking Warrior @ 12:56 PM 
