What makes a Champion?

[Canes4Ever]

The thing that makes a champion is obvious enough; It isn't any mystic prestidigitator's stuff.

It's nothing more than giving to whatever be the chore, the power that is in you and just a little more.

It isn't any wizardry; It's not a magic gift; It's merely lifting honestly the load you have tolift;

Or, in the game you're playing, it is using all your store....Of grit and nerve and energy - andj ust a little more.

The thing that makes a champion is simple, plain, and clear; It's never being "almost 1", "just about 1", or even pretty near.

It's summoning the utmost from your spirit's inner core....and giving every bit of it, and just a little more.

That little more - how much it is...as deep and wide and far as that enormous emptiness from a molehill to a star,

The gulf between the earthbound and the eagles as they soar, the champions who give their best, and just a little more.

-Father Euniach, Coach
St. Stephens Mission

(copied from www.strengthnet.com)

[EXCESS]

Oh really? I thought it was ego and drugs!

[Billy Boy]

Nice thought Canes guess we are all champion of something in our lives

[Canes4Ever]

Originally posted by EXCESS
Oh really? I thought it was ego and drugs!

LOL ! You're too funny Excess

[Canes4Ever]

Originally posted by Billy Boy
Nice thought Canes guess we are all champion of something in our lives

Yes, and Billy, as I get to know certain folks from AR better, I know they (including you) are real champions not only of lifting but of real life and the heart !

Thanks to my friends on AR !

[bex]

A champion is someone that keeps getting back up when they are knocked down...

[Canes4Ever]

Originally posted by bexsome
A champion is someone that keeps getting back up when they are knocked down...

Amen bexsome, that is so true.

[DevilsDeity]

Well Freddie says:

"I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through

And we mean to go on and on and on and on

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the World

I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
The whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose

And we mean to go on and on and on and on

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the World

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions"

[TheGame826]

a champion has no pain
a champion has no fear
a champion has only love for the game
a champion doesnt know what it means to quit.

(ie: kurt angle is a true champion, he won an olympic gold medal with a broken neck.)

[Canes4Ever]

Thanks guys, keep them coming. This is a good motivation thread !

[Dangermouse]

Wonderful sentiments, all.

[Canes4Ever]

Originally posted by Dangermouse
Wonderful sentiments, all.

By the way, welcome to the board Dangermouse !