On August 15th, we will embark on the next step in our journey. To what is it we are reaching? I tell you this. It is much easier to reach than you might imagine. Do we want to win team titles? Sure. Do we want to win individual races and medals? Yes. Absolutely. But it is not those things that makes you a champion. It is not that, I tell you.
To have success, you have to be able to look in the mirror and look that person in the eye and be satisfied. You have given your body, yes, your mind, yes. But more importantly, your spirit. Your heart, your vitality and energy, your commitment. It is not the glory of winning that makes you a champion, but the knowledge that the mirror gives you.
I encourage you to commit yourself to becoming the student-athlete that you are most capable of becoming. Please define winner differently. Did you commit, then achieve?
See you all on August 15th, 8am to 11am. A new journey begins.
