Happy #olympicday !!!
At the Olympics, I have tasted the sweetest, most underdog victory possible.
I’ve also experienced the sting of defeat, missing the podium by just a handful of points.
That’s sports. Some attempts are like a dream and others feel like a nightmare.
But much like life, in sports we can’t control the outcomes.
We CAN control what we do to prepare and how we choose to respond.
I’m a huge quote fan and there’s one that struck me when I was young that has always stuck with me:
“When you win, some of your character shows. When you lose, all of it shows.”
I decided then, that I would be the one who would always fight to win, but if I lost, I would stand by and cheer on the winners.
Although I’ve won every major World & National competition, I’ve racked up far more losses and failures.
But a single loss or failure does not define me- or you. How we respond to it though, well, that is defining.
So be a champion in character whether or not you stand on top of the ...