I couldn’t let this make me sad, I had to stay mentally tough, keep a positive attitude, if I wanted to succeed. Doing that made me much more confidant, which was a great place to start. I became more self motivated to work harder and be
It would be great to win, don’t get me wrong, but I found that having amusement was a higher priority. If I was doing my best and giving my all, it didn't bother me that I lost. In fact it just pushed me to do better. You learn at lot from experience, if you know what you’re doing wrong, you learn a lot more, than just constantly winning. You have to fail before you can succeed and win.
I have learned how to celebrate a success while recognizing and remaining critical of my own mistakes. By doing this, I am able to continually better myself as a person and an
Courage entails our capacity and willingness to deal with fear, pain, danger, ambiguity, or intimidation, both physically and mentally. These are some lists of notable acts of courage, so let’s get out our comfort zone and take one step at a time in order to overcome our fears and challenges in life. In fact, the act of being courageous is considered one of the greatest qualities that anyone possesses because facing and overcoming ones fear involved a lot of risks. When we live courageously, it provides us an opportunity to improve our way of life. It also makes it easier for us to fulfill and achieve our goals instead of settling for less.
While it is true that becoming a champion could be pressurizing to a younger child, wanting to be the best around at something is something that carries on even outside of sports, into life. We should be expecting kids to want to compete to win, not just to be participating. To be the winner of a sport will give you the mental mindset to be the best at other things later in life, such as being the best at their job, or being the best in school. One way that participation trophies could actually work is if each award was given to the child player with a purpose. The coach stating each players strength on the team as they hand them the award could give a powerful message to the children, showing them that they have control over their success.
The sport of boxing is an all accepting one which provides any willing athlete with an enjoyable source of fitness and stress relieve at only some cost to the athlete. An athlete must first be able to maintain both high fitness and a healthy diet when starting to box. Cardiovascular exercise, especially explosiveness training, is largely important. A common saying amongst trainers, “boxers are said to win their matches on the road, not in the
I started shooting better scores, and slowly my confidence was restored. I learned that no matter what someone is doing in life they are going to hit a few bumps in the road, but persevere through them and you will be a better person for it. I was able to look past my mistakes and learn from them. It takes courage to pick yourself up from failures, but in doing so a person will experience a successful life. My team was no expectation, we were able to achieve our goals of winning the state
In reality, one must work hard to achieve goals in life. Determination, or firmness, is a necessity in life. Both of these character traits are taught by football. A child is not going to excel in the sport without putting time and effort in. The child must be set firmly on accomplishing the task at hand.
Along the way, I learned that success had everything to do with setting a goal and working toward it. This experience has given me the confidence to believe I can achieve any goal through focus, determination, and hard work. I drew upon this same character when training for a kickboxing
It is the power to have the eyes of an insidious beast looking you in the eyes, and having the power to stare back. Doing the right thing because it is right and not the wrong thing because the wrong thing may have a better outcome is an example of bravery. When we overcome our fears, or simply just face them, even though we are scared, is when we experience fearlessness. Many people portray acts of valor without even realizing. Knowing what courage is and being able to picture it is two different things.