“Every time I went away I was deceiving my mom. I’d tell her I was going to school but I’d be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.”

Ronaldo

 “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.”

-Jerry Rice

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'” -Muhammad Ali

“If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.”

– Michael Owen

“If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”

– Fred Devito

“Hard days are the best because that’s when champions are made.”

-Gabby Douglas

“My attitude is that if you push me towards a weakness, I will turn that weakness into a strength.”

-Michael Jordan

“Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.”

-Rocky Balboa

“If at first you don’t succeed, try doing what your coach told you to do the first time.”

-Unknown

  Losing is going to happen at times, and I believe it teaches us to be humble, it makes us better with sportsmanship, it teaches us how to treat others when they have lost, because you understand the sting of defeat.

  If you win all the time without more effort, those victories will become hollow and meaningless.  When you win from a hard fought battle it will mean more to you. The memory of that moment in your life will last  longer and you will receive more from  the experience. It will make you stronger and mold you into the person you are to become in the future.

"YOUR BEST EFFORT" 

  When you're at practice and you want to earn the team's respect, you need to be working your butt off, playing and practicing harder than the guy next to you.  Your effort is also inspiring your team mates to work harder as well, as they try to keep up. 

 On the field during a game, your Effort will make your opponents wish they never went up against you in the first place, because talent is one thing that makes people look good, but Effort, Hard Work and Dedication will earn you more respect from those around you, on or off the field, than just being talented. 

 In life you will hear, “he is really talented or gifted” but what people should  say is, “that person is a Hard Worker”.   No one talks about the amount of dedication and effort it took to get as good as they are. Extraordinary people do not just have luck or were born with god given talent, some of their skills might have come easier to them than to others, but if you talk to them or listen to their stories, they all have stories of being bullied or had hard times.  They have had some doubt in themselves at one time or another.

The biggest difference is how they use their mind to change their attitude to be successful to become winners.  I believe winning in life is all that really matters. 

  Winning at what makes you happy and brings you joy is also going to change as you grow- up.  Keep looking for joy in your life and by helping others find joy in their lives, that will make you all winners. 

  Keep giving your Best Effort to find joy and happiness in your own life and to those around you, it will mean more in the end than the score at the end of some game!  

- Coach Hyatt

“If you’re attacking, you don’t get as tired as when you’re chasing.”
Kyle Rote, Jr.

“I always want more. Whether it’s a goal, or winning a game, I’m never satisfied.”
Lionel Messi

“Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits, and get on with trying to win.”