ACCOUNTABILITY The athlete is responsible and demonstrates it when she takes personal accountability for what happens to her. When things are not going well, she looks at herself first to see where she can act to make a difference. She becomes a problem solver, better able to cope with stress and more likely to persevere when facing difficulties. She realizes that are either getting “you better or you are getting that if you are not making steady improvement, you are losing worse”, ground to those athletes who are. The non-athlete blames everyone but herself when things do not go well. She often fixes her focus on things she cannot control rather than those she can. Being accountable is a choice. COMPETITIVE PERSEVERENCE The athlete and great teams are not deterred by bumps in the road. Since she is committed to continuous improvement, she can recover quickly from a mistake and refuse to remain discouraged. Positive, competitive, persevering athletes are a “mentally tough”, quality that allows an individual to remain confident, enthusiastic and positive. Athletes, who are mentally tough, simply cannot have their spirits broken. They can lose to an opponent ten times and look forward to the next rematch. They welcome challenges and look forward to the toughest competitions as tests of themselves. A non-athlete is easily discouraged and allows and disappointments to interfere yesterday’s failures with today. Non-athletes are unable to recover quickly from mistakes. Perseverance and positive attitude are a choice. DISCIPLINE This is nothing more than focused attention and effort. To be successful individually or attention and are required. Great collectively, sacrifices involving discipline (“focused effort”) athletes not only accept discipline, they embrace it for the benefit of the team. They have the strength of character to overcome temptations and pressures and will do right for their team at the what’s moment of truth. Discipline is exhibited by attentiveness, enthusiasm, sportsmanship, respecting authority and personal responsibility. Because they athletes display “athletic integrity“, disciplined are better teammates. They are reliable and trustworthy, are always there for their teammates. For a team, discipline can be the characteristic that sets them apart and gives them an edge. The non-athlete chooses self-indulgence do what and only thinks of (“I’ll I want!”) over self-control discipline in terms of punishment. Accepting discipline attention and is a positive form of teamwork. It is also a (“focused effort”) choice.
ACCOUNTABILITY The athlete is responsible and demonstrates it when she takes personal accountability for what happens to her. When things are not going well, she looks at herself first to see where she can act to make a difference. She becomes a problem solver, better able to cope with stress and more likely to persevere when facing difficulties. She realizes that “you are either getting better or you are getting worse”, that if you are not making steady improvement, you are losing ground to those athletes who are. The non-athlete blames everyone but herself when things do not go well. She often fixes her focus on things she cannot control rather than those she can. Being accountable is a choice. COMPETITIVE PERSEVERENCE The athlete and great teams are not deterred by bumps in the road. Since she is committed to continuous improvement, she can recover quickly from a mistake and refuse to remain discouraged. Positive, competitive, persevering athletes are “mentally tough”, a quality that allows an individual to remain confident, enthusiastic and positive. Athletes, who are mentally tough, simply cannot have their spirits broken. They can lose to an opponent ten times and look forward to the next rematch. They welcome challenges and look forward to the toughest competitions as tests of themselves. A non-athlete is easily discouraged and allows yesterday’s failures and disappointments to interfere with today. Non-athletes are unable to recover quickly from mistakes. Perseverance and positive attitude are a choice. DISCIPLINE This is nothing more than focused attention and effort. To be successful individually or collectively, sacrifices involving discipline (“focused attention and effort”) are required. Great athletes not only accept discipline, they embrace it for the benefit of the team. They have the strength of character to overcome temptations and pressures and will do what’s right for their team at the moment of truth. Discipline is exhibited by attentiveness, enthusiasm, sportsmanship, respecting authority and personal responsibility. Because they display “athletic integrity“, disciplined athletes are better teammates. They are reliable and trustworthy, are always there for their teammates. For a team, discipline can be the characteristic that sets them apart and gives them an edge. The non-athlete chooses self-indulgence (“I’ll do what I want!”) over self-control and only thinks of discipline in terms of punishment. Accepting discipline (“focused attention and effort”) is a positive form of teamwork. It is also a choice.