tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623415689314087026.post4249996462749351539..comments2024-03-15T22:31:09.697+10:00Comments on Marianas Eye: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Football Tryouts Day 2Marianas Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754236373708613994noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623415689314087026.post-72540115095029903342007-09-22T23:06:00.000+10:002007-09-22T23:06:00.000+10:00Do. Or do not. There is no try.Do. Or do not. There is no try.Angelo Villagomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00970383305205702533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623415689314087026.post-45111317824746108782007-09-22T11:37:00.000+10:002007-09-22T11:37:00.000+10:00If you can excavate an eye worm, your stomach is s...If you can excavate an eye worm, your stomach is strong enough to make it past 'the wall'.<BR/><BR/>Keep trying, David!!Bruce A. Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804747424525560858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623415689314087026.post-39100604263251027052007-09-22T06:45:00.000+10:002007-09-22T06:45:00.000+10:00Mara, I have to play soccer for six more weeks...f...Mara, I have to play soccer for six more weeks...for the children. You understand, right?<BR/><BR/>Sorry I missed the tryout on Friday. The Hopwood cleanup at the lighthouse did a number on me. I was asleep.Angelo Villagomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00970383305205702533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623415689314087026.post-23035274043105976612007-09-21T20:05:00.000+10:002007-09-21T20:05:00.000+10:00David,Anyone who made the team last year who tells...David,<BR/><BR/>Anyone who made the team last year who tells you that they never had a moment when they seriously considered bowing out at one point or another during the five-week session is a liar. <BR/><BR/>I remember mine like it was yesterday. It was between the second and third running of the infamous Circle of Death.<BR/><BR/>I didn't know if it would ever end but I kept going because I looked around and thought "Hey, nobody else is quitting," and "Is this the defining moment you were looking for in your life?"<BR/><BR/>We ended up doing four in all, but it brought us together because we all made it together.<BR/><BR/>There was another moment when I wasn't exactly thinking about quitting, but was just generally feeling like shit. <BR/><BR/>I was lagging behind in the seemingly endless sprints around the field when young Micah Griffin shouted "Come on, Brad!"<BR/><BR/>All at once it hit me that he paused from playing soccer on the sidelines to watch us practice, saw I was sucking wind, and cheered me on.<BR/><BR/>It was cool that he was there watching us at all, and I was inspired because I didn't want this little kid to think that people on a national team were quitters.<BR/><BR/>I wanted him to see that we never give up. <BR/><BR/>That was all I needed to catch up to the group and close out the practice on a high note.<BR/><BR/>It wasn't easy. In fact, it sucked, but it's one of my proudest moments.<BR/><BR/>Moral of the story? I guess that we've all got a little extra inside. It's just a matter of discovering how to find it.<BR/><BR/>Keep it up. It's great to see you out there. And when you suit up for your first game as a national team hopeful this Sunday (doesn't that sound cool?), give it all you've got.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing there's going to be a couple of kids there cheering you their favorite player. <BR/><BR/>Go get 'em Special K!<BR/><BR/>BradBrad Ruszalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14540336893648127319noreply@blogger.com