Thursday Sept. 8th - Going through the motions

One thing I have always been taught is give your best effort with everything you do. My mother used to say "touch it once". This obviously meant that you should do something so thoroughly and precise that you don't have to go back and fix it. Now when it comes to football, preparation for games follow a similar principle. However, "touch it once" refers to the fact that when a play is ran against you, you should have prepared to your full effort mentally and physically to defend that play so you don't have to repeat it, as well as have given your best effort doing your assignment and swarming to the football. My coaches constantly stress the fact that we should never play to our opponents ability and ream us in practice when it seems we do. They do this because the only way to ensure a victory on Saturday is to work harder than the man across from us. Many don't believe this, but it is true, and not just in the case of football. In life you are constantly competing with the people around you, and if you play the game of life to their level you will never win. I know I left the first post off with a quote so I will do the same... The great philosopher Plato said, "Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you can not be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation." This is an obvious reiteration of what I stated earlier, but I cannot stress the fact more that if you give everything you have at every moment in your life, you will only deserve the best result. Just remember, if you don't grind, you don't shine.