Always play to win!
I just got a call from Coach. The lil' Lady Lions were playing in an AAU tournament in Jacksonville this weekend. They won every game they played to take the championship. Congratulations Lady Lions! I cannot think of playing to win without the story of the Dallas Cowboys coming to mind.
Back to back victories by the Dallas Cowboys at the Super Bowl in 1993 and 1994 may mask the fact that Jimmy Johnson, the team's legendary former coach knew as much about losing as he did about winning. In 1989, his first season at Dallas, Johnson's team had only one win and fifteen losses. Johnson kept a positive attitude. If a running back had the ball, he shouted, "Protect the ball", rather than "Don't fumble". To his field-goal kickers he'd say, "Make this," not "Don't miss." After a loss, he would spend his post-game time plotting the next win, rather than second-guessing what had gone wrong.
The Cowboys responded and improved. It took four years, but the Super Bowl rings were on their fingers. You may not win every tournament or every game, but the person who plays to win always has a much better chance.
Coach said "They left it all on the court". What a compliment. They held nothing back, they gave all they had and then some. And all they had was enough for them to win this championship that now qualifies them to play in the AAU National Tournment in Minneapolis, Minnesota in June 2007.
Way to go Lady Lions.....Queens of the Jungle! Grrr...rrrh!
"But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory (making us conquerors) through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57 AMP
I just got a call from Coach. The lil' Lady Lions were playing in an AAU tournament in Jacksonville this weekend. They won every game they played to take the championship. Congratulations Lady Lions! I cannot think of playing to win without the story of the Dallas Cowboys coming to mind.
Back to back victories by the Dallas Cowboys at the Super Bowl in 1993 and 1994 may mask the fact that Jimmy Johnson, the team's legendary former coach knew as much about losing as he did about winning. In 1989, his first season at Dallas, Johnson's team had only one win and fifteen losses. Johnson kept a positive attitude. If a running back had the ball, he shouted, "Protect the ball", rather than "Don't fumble". To his field-goal kickers he'd say, "Make this," not "Don't miss." After a loss, he would spend his post-game time plotting the next win, rather than second-guessing what had gone wrong.
The Cowboys responded and improved. It took four years, but the Super Bowl rings were on their fingers. You may not win every tournament or every game, but the person who plays to win always has a much better chance.
Coach said "They left it all on the court". What a compliment. They held nothing back, they gave all they had and then some. And all they had was enough for them to win this championship that now qualifies them to play in the AAU National Tournment in Minneapolis, Minnesota in June 2007.
Way to go Lady Lions.....Queens of the Jungle! Grrr...rrrh!
"But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory (making us conquerors) through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57 AMP
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