Motivation and Confidence

No championship athlete ever reaches greatness without motivation and confidence in himself and his team mates. You are either motivated or your not. Motivation ultimately comes from within. I have read Lance Armstrong’s Biography, after beating cancer he didn’t come back to win 6 Tour DeFrance’s because some one told him to, he did it because he wanted to prove to the world that he was the greatest athlete of all time. Jay can only do so much to motivate you, after that you must do the rest. You must want to be the best, and be willing to do all that it takes to reach that level.

An athlete that lacks confidence is worthless to himself and his team. An athlete that is too confident will try to win the game alone. You must be confident in the fact that your physical training has been enough to allow you to win. You must be confident that your teammates are working as hard as you are to reach the same goals. Most importantly you must be confident that your competition is able to beat you. Not that they will beat you but know that if you don’t take them seriously they can beat you.

The foundation is set; now begin to build on what you have already done. Motivate, yourselves, this is you chance to engrain you self in Fox Chapel Crew history, if you want recognition then it is up to you to get it. Be confident. You qualified in very difficult heats rowing at 30spm. Raise the rate and you will go faster. The other teams are good there is no doubt about that, but no one has proven themselves to be great. May 15, 2005 are you motivated to achieve greatness? Are you Confident that greatness is with in your reach?