Win or lose… the game should be fun. That’s one of the best lines of advice I could ever give to a young athlete. With so much pressure to be a top athlete and perform, you can often times lose the joy that should come along with playing your sport. Of course you want to be the best! And that mission will be extremely difficult. The best is the best for a reason. But in those sacrifices, intense situations, sweat, tears and pain… there should also be enjoyment. You should enjoy the work that goes along with whatever you’re trying to be great in. Not saying you have to be smiling the entire time, just enjoying it. Enjoying the fact that the work you’re putting in now, the pain of losing that you’re experiencing now, the sweat that you feel coming down your face, is only making you a better athlete and person. So the next time you step out onto the field, court or track… Enjoy it! Who knows how much longer you’re going to be able to do it.
-Rok
