Never Give Up
This little guy just cracks me up.
I like that he has found a solution. So many times, we look at the situation or trap before us and we simply walk away or let it snap our necks without ever trying to come up with a way around the problem.
A Coach’s Lesson
I ran high hurdles, low hurdles, triple jump and long jump my freshman year in high school. Almost 40 years later, I still remember a couple of meets. One that always comes to mind was particularly bad for me.
I am right handed and was running in a race next to a left-handed person. We got to the first hurdle at exactrly the same time.
Ordinarily this wouldn’t have been a problem, because two right-handed people would have a left trailing leg. But as he was on my left and I on his right, our trailing legs/feet collided and I fell flat on my face.
I backed up a little, took 5 quick steps and made it over the 2nd hurdle. In (high or indoor) hurdles, there’s a rule. It’s three steps between hurdles. If you ever have to baby step (take five steps), you never try to go back and triple step. I had too much confidence. I tried to 3-step the third or fourth hurdle, but had to stop because I didn’t have the speed or power. I kicked it over and went to the next hurdle. I hit that one and fell again. By this time, everyone else was crossing the finish line. I got up, ticked off as all hades and walked off the track. As I did, I looked up and saw my caoch sitting in the stands next to his wife. He lowered his eyes a second and shook his head.
When he looked back at me, he gave me the come here finger.
I walked up there and he said, “I’m disappointed in you. (Crush went my heart). I don’t care if you have to kick over every hurdle. You always finish the race.”
And that’s what I learned. Go over, under, through or around every hurdle in your way, but always finish the race.
Galaxy Quest
If you haven’t seen the movie Galaxy Quest, I recommend it. Not that it’s a highly motivational movie, but it’s a good, cheesy Tim Allen flick. There is a line in there that I often repeat.
Never give up. Never surrender.
