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I believe a true athelete is a warrior. A warrior is someone who, when they step on the feild, would rather spit in your face then look at you. They go through a whole game fighting and competing to win. The moment the game is over, they end the battle and shake their opponents hand. Regardless of what events took place on the feild, ignoring the score, they stand with confidence and they have respect the person standing on the other side of the feild. A warrior doesn’t disrespect a coach, he controls his emotions, he won’t throw a fit like a 2 year old baby on the sideline cause he wasn’t getting the ball. He won’t be-little his teammates or opponents. A warrior is someone who works tirelessly to be the best, not for personal glory, but to help the team. He knows a team is only as strong as its weakest link. He knows if it was just about his stats, his glory, his fame… it wouldn’t be a team
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I believe that the perfect example of a true athlete.. a warrior. is Mikey Mantle. When New York Yankee, Yogi Berra was asked who his favorite player was, he replied, “Mikey Mantel.” When the reporter asked why Yogi didn’t pick a more popular player like Dimaggio, Gehrig or Ruth. Yogi simply said, “for one reason and one reason only.” Yogi then motioned for Mickey to come over. “Whats you’re batting average and how many home runs have you hit this year?” Yogi asked. Mickey simply said, “I have no idea.” The reporter was shocked to hear this since, at the time, Mantel was on pace to win the triple crown, leading the league in homeruns, RBI’s and average. Yogi smiled and said, “thats why i like him, he doesn’t get caught up in whats not important. He always is focused on whats important, and that is to just enjoy playing the game.”
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I think we all can learn a lesson from athletics, i believe being an athlete has taught me a lot in life. It has taught me such life lessons as leadership, team work, respect and responsiblitly. Thats why I’m really concerned about the direction sports is taking.. I feel like there isn’t much i can do to stop the plague taking over our sacred events
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About 90% of kids across america will answer the question, “who is your hero,” by naming a famous athlete. Knowing that 9 out of 10 kids will say thier hero is some random guy on TV, even before they will name thier own parent. I believe pro athletes have a big responsibility.
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That responsiblitly is simple. If you are a professional, ACT like a professional. Do it ON and OFF the feild.
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Today that responsiblity is overlooked.. there are so many athletes, football, baseball, basketball, soccer and every other sport who have forgotton why they play sports. They’ve lost the life lessons they’ve learned and have refused to pass on the tradition of teaching our kids what an athlete is supposed to act like
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What are you teachin kids? That showing up your opponent is cool? that having a cool celebration is more important than repspecting your opponent or even having respect for the game?
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So many times i will flip on the TV to see a beautiful, homerun, slam dunk, goal or 65 yard run ruined by a lame, immature, celebration. I could be wrong.. but if you are a running back and you just ran for 65 yards untouched.. don’t you think you should run over to your linemen (who did all the work) and give them a high five or a slap in the ass and say “good job.” What ever happend to the word team? You think just cause you walked into the endzone it was all you?
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Ok, I got the point, you scored. Wow… i am so impressed, now while you’re celebrating why don’t you take a quick glance at the scoreboard… you’re team is still losing by 28 dumbass…
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