My Dad use to tell me, “When you get knocked down you have two choices…to stay down or get up and try again.” I always enjoyed getting back up. If you tried your best, then you can be proud of your accomplishments regardless of the end result. Remember it takes courage to work toward a goal. You aren’t the only person in the world who hasn’t succeeded on the first try and it is not a reflection upon your self-worth as a person. That doesn’t mean I failed at the others. I went from designing hospitals to working in a lumber yard hauling 4×8 sheets of particle board. I also went through a number of different careers before settling into this one. I personally lost a number of bodybuilding contests before I won my first Ms. The most successful athletes have also failed. We should all use this same principle… try, try again. They get up and down 100 times before they get it right. Kids don’t stop trying to walk because they fall down once. Just because you experienced one little setback doesn’t mean you’ll never succeed again. Times are tough right now for a lot of people all over the world, and the ones who are able to pick themselves up, brush it off and move on despite setbacks are the ones who will survive the best. “When the going gets tough, the tough get going!” Few times in our history has this old saying had so much merit. Work out in order to be whole.Ĭory as Atalanta on the TV show "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" Work out because your inner athlete is dying to play. To find your own personal balance you have to think of working out as an important part of your total health picture and not just as a way to help you squeeze into your high shchool jeans.ĭon’t work out because you want to be perfect. Once you begin to experiment with different exercise classes and activities, you can find the one that fits best for you. All animals engage in play… it’s in our genes. Before we had ESPN2 and Workout Videos we had to engage in some sort of play and exercise.
Some people like golf, some like to walk, others like to swim. We just have to find out what we think is fun. Whether you were a high school basketball star or a bookworm, each of us has an inner athlete. It is just that some of us haven’t yet discovered our natural inner athlete… we all have one.
Why do we think of athletes as only as those who play on a pro-team? We are all athletes waiting to happen.
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