A true fighter!!!
Peyton Manning
WOW...what a game. what a player...Payton Mannning is a quarterback for Indianapolis Colts in the NFL. he has been twice MVP in the last two years(most valuable player) during the season, but in the playoffs he always sucked, loosing poorly in the last couple of seasons. All stats say that he is the weakest QB when playing in the playoffs...The experts were saying that he will never play in the finals, that doesnt have what it takes to get there.
This season everyone was hoping that he will play better, but secretly fearing that he will fall upon the huge pressure that the media and the whole world are making on him. And as opponent again he has Brady and the Patriots, Paytons nightmare. Brady is the QB that is the best in the playoffs with 12-1 stats, while Payton has 5-6. Colts lost from Brady and his gang in the two previous years, and not only that, but they were destroyed.
Last night he started playing really poor again...in the first half they were loosing 21-3 to the one of the best teams in the league. And not only that, but he had one interception, couple of sacks and he was looking weak, so the whole team was getting beaten up hard. So sad, his face expression was saying that. He will never take the Colts in the finals. He was deep down in the mud.
But i wonder what happened on the half time. Maybe Al Pacino was there and he held a speech :) ( take a look at this). something happened. when things looked impossible to do.
what i think, is that he didnt gave up. he got frustrated and pissed enough, so he can say, its was enough. Colts scored 15 in 10 minutes and tied the game. the whole defence gathered up around him and protected him the best. in return he was playing with the whole team and surprised everyone, the big and slow guys scored two times, not the fast ones cause they were really covered, he simply found another way to win. And Colts won 38-34 with Brady being intercepted in the last run of the game.
I got reminded about somethings out of this game and this man. that even when everything is going against you and you are deep down in the mud, even when the universe conspires against you(they had really bad luck), even when the world is falling on your shoulders, and noone believes in you and you have the biggest pressure in the world, you should believe in your self and never give up.
That you should go out and find a way to reach your goal. doesnt matter if its a football game, a project at work, AIESEC local committee, relationship with your friend, or being ill by some tough disease. Cause in those tough moments great leaders are born. not leaders that can be clapped in front of audience, shareholders or TV.
but leaders that will represent something. leaders that doesnt neccessarely have to save the world, but that have beaten cancer, or have great values, or that are an example for the rest, or have a fighters attitude, or have their own uniqueness, or won a battle that everyday life brings.
cause in those tough moments, you shape your character so much, cause you are reaching deep down into your very existence and soul, you are being frustrated and not satisfied so much, that something is moved or touched. something is changed. and you are never ever the same.
that is what we should teach on LDSs. that is what we should show and teach our kids and friends. how to reach the leadership and a fighter spirit within ourselves. how to push the barriers of our personal limitations. people that will inspire them selves first, and then the rest of the world.
i have few friends and family that are great people and have won 'battles' like this or simular, and thats why i love them. they inspire me and remind me to go on and fight. every next time when i feel that i cant do it anymore and its time to quit.
This season everyone was hoping that he will play better, but secretly fearing that he will fall upon the huge pressure that the media and the whole world are making on him. And as opponent again he has Brady and the Patriots, Paytons nightmare. Brady is the QB that is the best in the playoffs with 12-1 stats, while Payton has 5-6. Colts lost from Brady and his gang in the two previous years, and not only that, but they were destroyed.
Last night he started playing really poor again...in the first half they were loosing 21-3 to the one of the best teams in the league. And not only that, but he had one interception, couple of sacks and he was looking weak, so the whole team was getting beaten up hard. So sad, his face expression was saying that. He will never take the Colts in the finals. He was deep down in the mud.
But i wonder what happened on the half time. Maybe Al Pacino was there and he held a speech :) ( take a look at this). something happened. when things looked impossible to do.
what i think, is that he didnt gave up. he got frustrated and pissed enough, so he can say, its was enough. Colts scored 15 in 10 minutes and tied the game. the whole defence gathered up around him and protected him the best. in return he was playing with the whole team and surprised everyone, the big and slow guys scored two times, not the fast ones cause they were really covered, he simply found another way to win. And Colts won 38-34 with Brady being intercepted in the last run of the game.
I got reminded about somethings out of this game and this man. that even when everything is going against you and you are deep down in the mud, even when the universe conspires against you(they had really bad luck), even when the world is falling on your shoulders, and noone believes in you and you have the biggest pressure in the world, you should believe in your self and never give up.
That you should go out and find a way to reach your goal. doesnt matter if its a football game, a project at work, AIESEC local committee, relationship with your friend, or being ill by some tough disease. Cause in those tough moments great leaders are born. not leaders that can be clapped in front of audience, shareholders or TV.
but leaders that will represent something. leaders that doesnt neccessarely have to save the world, but that have beaten cancer, or have great values, or that are an example for the rest, or have a fighters attitude, or have their own uniqueness, or won a battle that everyday life brings.
cause in those tough moments, you shape your character so much, cause you are reaching deep down into your very existence and soul, you are being frustrated and not satisfied so much, that something is moved or touched. something is changed. and you are never ever the same.
that is what we should teach on LDSs. that is what we should show and teach our kids and friends. how to reach the leadership and a fighter spirit within ourselves. how to push the barriers of our personal limitations. people that will inspire them selves first, and then the rest of the world.
i have few friends and family that are great people and have won 'battles' like this or simular, and thats why i love them. they inspire me and remind me to go on and fight. every next time when i feel that i cant do it anymore and its time to quit.
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