| I once prayed to God to win a
race at school. I came last. That night I realised what I should have prayed for was some athletic ability. I did eventually win a couple of races at school but after that it went rapidly down hill. Now the only athletic event I could possibly compete in would be if the Olympics had smoking as a sport and I could assure you that if they did I would be Captain of the Russian team. Luckily this is not an event and as I tell my students- don't ever put one to your lips. |
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ATHLETIC CARNIVAL- A very talented and beautiful Aboriginal girl once said to me "I'm on now Miss, what do I do?" I said "given the fact you have outstanding natural ability, my suggestion would be Patricia, to simply go out there and run as fast as you can, that should do the trick." Bless her heart, after she had won, she said "you were right Miss." |
SKATING We all remember the speed skater who won a medal when the first few competitors fell over. The world went - wasn't he lucky. What was lucky about it? The bloke had dedicated ten years of training to it. Spent every waking moment training for the event. It was just that the others were unlucky (maybe some-one above was having a slow day and sent an invisible bowling ball across the track and said "that will show you, maybe you should have been helping others or doing something useful instead of skating around on the thin ice of a new day" to coin a Led Zepplin.  |
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| RUNNING FOR
YOUR LIFE Greyhounds of course take running for your life to new dimensions. If they can't run fast enough they are in trouble. Interesting every greyhound on my farm from the moment he learns how to as a puppy and the old ones all run for their lives every day for the sheer joy and love of it.  Winning however is Real Exciting (at the Lismore Track) Real Exciting - Real Trick x Excite Ability. |
GOLD MEDALS Apparently many Olympic Athletes fall in a pit of depression not long after they win a Gold Medal. What did they think would happen? After years of incredible dedication and pain you get a gold medal, a bunch of flowers and a kiss from some girl in a national costume. That's why I have never set one of my life goals as- win an olympic medal and of course the fact I couldn't run out of sight at night.(wearing a black tracky and trainers) and being basically bone idle I couldn't get up early, let alone get up early and go to the pool and swim 3 kilometres, just the thought of that makes me feel tired. |
WINNING is very important because; 1. It sends a surge of chemicals through your body that make you feel good for about 90 seconds. 2. Your grandchildren will want to hear endless tales about your triumphs- when they say Grandpa will you read me a story while handing you a Care Bears book it , is just to give you enough time to remember the company takeover from 1982. 3. The people you beat will love you for it. 4. Your family will have a new found respect as you take control of every aspect of home life regardless of what anyone else wants. 5. The people whose money you invested unwisely will get over it and the press will photograph you outside the court with a towel over your head. Like the people you ripped off are not going to know what you look like. 6. And if you are a really nice bloke, with an amazing amount of talent and you do like thousands of other men do "play around" the entire world gets to see your humiliation. WIN- WIN SEEMS TO WORK BETTER IN DEALING WITH OTHERS- IT IS A BIT HARDER TO PULL OFF THO. |