Russ Carreker grew up playing football and had the opportunity to play collegially at Auburn University. He started to study to become a veterinarian, but that did not work out. He finished school in business and was looking for something that he could start making money from. Mr. Carreker believed in seven different things that could help a business become successful: You must have a good product at a great price or a great product at a good price, selling skill at the right market, be able to be the accountant of your own business until you can find someone who can do it for you, start off with enough capital because in a new business something is going to go wrong, ability to get others to help you get to where you want to be, be passionate …show more content…
Carreker has always had a partner he has gone and invested in things with. He made sure he would have enough capital and he and his partner started to acquire different apartment buildings and renovate them and sell them for more profit. They own about 2000 apartments in the southeast. Mr. Carreker had never settled for a partner for hire, he has made sure the partner wanted to succeed as bad as he did and made sure he or she was a trustworthy partner. Mr. Carreker is a big outdoorsman and he loves to hunt. He and his partner came up with an idea of a trail camera that would take pictures every five seconds, and compile it into a time lapse video. He is now the president of Day 6 Outdoors. This company is based around his new idea and is trying to sell it to hunters nationwide. Day 6 Outdoors is continuing to grow and help design, market, and build new hunting and outdoor equipment. Sports teach you to never give up. Being an entrepreneur Mr. Carreker has gone through some tough times financially. He never gave up. He continued to do what he loved and was able to make a career out of it. I really enjoyed this speech because I can relate to sports and how a sport is just a game, but it teaches you so many life lessons while you are
Also that it is okay if it takes you time to accept your adversity or what you are going through. To conclude, what can be learned by these athletes is persistence, to stay positive, and acceptance. The athletes were both persistent when facing their adversity, but different in the way they acted at
When I first signed up for sports communications the last thing I thought I’d be doing was not only meeting people like Mike Breen, Jim O’Connell, Steven Sheer, and Joe Yanarell, but speaking to them on a first hand basis and getting to know about their line of work. Each and every speaker not only told us about their line of work but told us about their stories on how they got to where they are and why try fell in love with what they do along the way. The three speakers that stood out to me the most were Mike Breen, Jim O’Connell, and Steven Sheer, but I would like to quote Joe Yanarell on a couple statements that seem to fit into each and every one of these men’s stories. First off, Mr. Yanarell said “you are going to fail and learn from it.” This quote goes a long way
I magically picked up my sports shoes again, finally decided to continue my run. And when I finally went back to my team with Coach Chavez, I 'm even more determined that it 's indeed an unexpected luck for me to meet such an inspiring coach who led me to the eventual realization about myself, how I was encircled and almost suffocated by my narrow ego which I looked upon as wisdom. With her, I recognized that in the running towards one 's pursuit, only with the commitment and efforts to one 's utmost, victory could be achieved. And now, as I look up to those athletes, not only that I no longer detest their opinions, I too, join their camps, looking forward to run once again to my heart 's content, with the beginning
It’s not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference - Bear Bryant. Many different sports are in this world, including soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, but two sports I enjoy watching are rugby and American football. Two sports that so many people love in this world. When you think of football you think of your favorite team. When you think of rugby you can’t think of anything because not many people in the USA watch it or play it.
Now, for many athletes, this story would continue on to tell about how the sport changed her life by teaching dedication, motivation, character building and leadership skills. Naturally, I would credit my involvement in competitive cheerleading with helping to build all those attributes in myself. However, it was one of my very lowest moments that led me to develop a passion for a professional nursing degree. Six years later
Journalist David Epstein takes down the self congratulatory attitude behind goal shattering success in high level sport. He explores all the ways that athletes have improved over the past decades in his ted talk by using comparison, logos and pathos, and significant figures. Technology in sport has come along way from new track surfaces to lighter materials in rowing shells. This progress aids athletes in living up to the olympic motto: “faster, higher, stronger” (Epstein, 2014, 0:12). To produce this topic, Epstein uses pathos to capture the minds of the audience with an intriguing example he uses that incorporates sound at 00:51 in his Ted Talk.
Speech Analysis Each one of us can leave a mark in this world and that is all conducted by effort. This was the message that Ray Lewis conveyed to the Stanford mens basketball team in a pre game speech. He went further into stating that no one can judge effort nor see it displayed on film because everyday people have to bring it. Being ok with being mediocre is unacceptable and that the men must strive for greatness.
The author gave this inspirational speech to his players before they played the semi-finals in the 1980 Winter Olympics. The speech severed as a catalyst
One’s life is not perfect, but it is how one deals with challenges that determine the success of a person. I would like to be both a player and coach in the future in the quest of sharing my love for the game. Ringette has helped me pursue my athletic passion and now it can help me pursue my academic goals as well. I would like to pursue recreation and leisure services so that I can share my love and appreciation for sports just like ringette. If it was not for my participation in ringette, I would have never has the opportunity to discover my passion for sports and helping
. “ sports do not build character they reveal it “. Once i was a little girl my sister played softball and i thought what the heck i should try it. Once I tried out softball after my first game I was hooked and i had to play until my softball career was over and started playing travel ball and play in college. “ ever since my sister played softball i wanted to because i wanted to be her and be as good as her and i did become just like her “.
Many stories of children have emerged of kids learning new languages, learning important life lessons, and opening up to others through sports. However, some schools require kids to have good grades in order to play sports, and some kids cannot keep up with these expectations. Due to all of these positive effects of playing sports, kids should not be forced to get good grades in order to participate in school sports. Learning disabilities and mental disabilities can make a child’s life difficult and make them do badly in school. Many children are affected by learning disabilities, and some of them play in school sports.
For example, the strong leadership that was shown by the character of Ken Carter (played by Samuel L. Jackson) when he sets some strict guidelines outlined in a contract that says the players must maintain certain academic standards to continue to be allowed to play basketball in the team. I agree with this perspective that it is important to maintain a balance of sport or other recreation with academic success. I believe that this idea that maintaining a balance is very important. I believe that we can acquire different perspectives and skills that can relate to other aspects of our lives. For example, you can acquire the understanding of teamwork through sport and you can then use this in other aspects of your life.
“Prepare young athletes for their sporting future, not just the next competition. ” This was said by the website Coaching Young Athletes. This accurately describes youth competitive sports because sports teach life skills for the future. Last year, I played in a travel league for basketball, and I became good friends with somebody.
After the game many things you can learn about competition. Competition in sport this you can show about your strength and hidden skills that didn’t know many people. Competition is like life you can’t move forward if you lose from the start but you can back again from the start to show that you can move from the top. Sports is the one that you can present our nation. In sports we have many ways to be successful in our game like we do our best to show that we have strength and skills to beat our opponent.
Sports are amazing because they provide a natural and safe escape for people struggling in their lives. For example, somebody who is battling a personal demon such as an addiction can benefit greatly from playing sports for many reasons, it could be used as an escape from reality, to become more accountable to themselves and others, and last but certainly not least people may choose to play sports in order to learn better leadership skills, instead of following what others do all the time. These skills aren’t just important as an athlete. The greatest thing about sports is how all of these skills can translate into the real world. Whenever I read The Basketball Diaries I always seem to notice how much tougher Jim’s battle with addiction