Winners don’t wait for chances they take them. People play sports because it’s fun. Ask any athlete, most of them hate it, but they couldn't imagine their life without it. It’s part of them that have the love or hate relationship. It’s what they live for. They live for the practices, parties, cheers, long bus rides, invitational’s, countless pairs of different types of shoes, water, Gatorade, & coaches you hate but appreciate. (Or to get out of classes) They live for the way it feels when they beat the other team, and knowing those two extra sprints they ran in practice were worth it. They live for the way they become a family with their team, they live for the countless songs they sing in their head while training all those hours. They live for the competition, they live for the friends, the practices, the memories, the pain, and it’s who they are. It's who we are. When you put that jersey on the name on the front is more important than the one on the back. You don’t have to be a good player but a smart player. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. Sooner or later the man who wins is the man who knows he can. Leaders are made, they are not born. Leaders are made by hard effort, which is the price all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. Never give up always keep trying no matter what.