athletes

In the spirit of many big sport events (world cup and NBA finals game 7 is todayy!!!!), i want to write something about athletes.. my hubby is a sport freak. It amazes me how much he knows about athletes, apalagih pemaen bola bo..dr jaman jebot jg dia lumayan tau.. jd mau ga mau gw ngikutin deh..

This thoughts actually have come to my mind so many times. Gw admire sportsmen/women a lot..WHY? for so many reasons!!!!

1. Their determination, persistent and hard work
Quotenya yang dipake Kobe Bryant "A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work" Athletes ga cuma kerja waktu ada pertandingan, they 'work' hampir setiap saat! Mereka harus do their training evry day for hours and most probably trainingnya mayoritas sama terus.. kl pemaen bola yah nendangin bola terus kali, terus kalo pemaen basket yah latihan masukin bola ke hoop-nya, pemaen golf practise their swing, etc etc. Mereka ga boleh bosen because kalo mreka slack, mreka ga bisa get better. Apalagih pasti banyak olahragawan2 baru yang udah perhatiin cara mreka maen n cariin kekurangannya mreka.

Ada temenku yang dulu mau jadi pemain tenis professional, dia TIAP HARI bangun pagi, mulai dr lari ga tau brp kilo, terus latihan strength, terus latihan mukul, dst dst. Selain itu dia juga harus jaga makanannya dia, ngga bisa seenaknya. Dia tuh sampe kita dah jarang banget ketemu. Stiap kali ditanya pasti lagi latihan. Sayangnya at the end of the day, dia memutuskan untuk do something else and not follow thru with his tennis. Terus ada juga orang-orang lain yang gw tau, abis latihan mreka ga enak2 ajah terus dipijitin dll. Ada beberapa yang abis latihan masih musti beres2 barang2 yang mereka pake etc etc.

So, just as the quote above... "A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work" That is how an athelete operates

2. Never give up just like that
Pernah denger ceritanya kemaren NZ All Whites ngelawan Slovakia? Gol nya NZ baru terjadi menit ke 93 and official soccer game is for 90 minutes (+perpanjangan). Mungkin bbrp orang kalo di kasusnya NZ teams, udah males ajah..udah lah kalah deh game ini, do better on next one.. TAPI an athlete ga bisa kayak gituh.. until the whistle blows, they need to keep fighting and perform; because hey..things happen. Atau pernah ga denger di basketball game, where the last throw makes all the difference. That particular throw can turn a loser becomes the winner, can turn tears into laughters and vice versa. An athelete never give up until the game is finished. and even if they loose, they just have to move on, train harder, be better and 'fight' again in the next game

I love to hear stories when underdogs win the game. It shows to me that anything can happen to those who work hard and believe hard!

3. team work (in team sports of course)
Ngga banyak team yang semua pemaennya hebat. Paling biasa satu or dua..and actually justru team yang pemaennya smua hebat jarang win the throphy because kebanyakan dari mereka maunya maen sendiri, doing their own thing which obviously not going to work in a team sport. I like my husband's saying..'A player might win a game but a player can NOT win the throphy/the league' They need to learn to accept and working with each other. Kadang ada yang udah kerja keras banget and ngoper bola ke temennya, ehh temennya doesn't do a good execution, ya udah deh.. harus rela.. ga boleh marah2 ga jelas.. coba lagi. I love watching a team sport where everyone can work together, the game automatically becomes more interesting to watch. There is no I in a team..

4. Good mentality (most of them haha..)
Sehebat2nya seorang pemaen.. walopun semua orang dah bilang dia pemaen paling jago sedunia, dia harus tetep patuh sama manager/coachnya. Waktu dulu yah pernah nonton 1 game bola Inter vs sapa gituh..There was this one good player at the time, but for some reason he didn't perform well jadi di-substitute kan.. Masa dia ngambek donk marah2 gara2 diganti -.-" HAYAHHH!!! yah makanya seorg olahragawan have to have a good mental state. Apalagi pemain2 yang jago, misalnya Roger Federer.. everyone, I mean everyone pasti dah pengennya dia menang on every single games. Apalagi kalo dia sampe dikalahin sama pemain2 cupu kan malu juga.. Dia pemaen paling hebat gitu loh.. Bayangin the pressure that he has!! If he can't control that, he might as well just say good bye to the game. I have a few friends yang kalo kita maen tenis bareng, tinggal dipanas2in ajah.. dikata2in dikit..udah deh nanti dia napsu2 sendiri and bikin kesalahan sendiri..

One thing I can learn from this.. self control is very important. If you can control it, most probably you can control the game.

So itu benernya cuma beberapa reasons knapa gw mengagumi olahragawan hebat. I need to learn a lot from them..

PS. buat yg ngga tau, foto di atas itu...Lionel Messi, Kobe Bryant, and Roger Federer ^^