The path of sport is a lifelong path of self-improvement. You can never stop there. A true athlete is a perfectionist squared. But in every person there is a grain of a champion that you just need to find.
Necessary
Computer with internet connection
Instructions
Step 1
The first rule of sports is that if you are defeated, it does not mean that you are defeated. The mega-popular bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger has lost several Mr. Olympia titles, sometimes to athletes in a smaller weight category and less famous. Losing such a competition is a big grief, not everyone is going through it with dignity. Arnold learned from experience, looked differently at his methods. And he achieved it - from 1969 to 1980 he became the absolute champion of the competitions "Mr. Olympia" and "Mr. Universe". So perseverance is the athlete's first friend.
Step 2
The desire to train without regard to the conditions is just as important. The same Schwarzenegger in his hometown of Graz on weekends, when the gym was closed, climbed the stairs through the window so as not to miss a single day of training. Diego Maradona drove the ball across a field littered with debris and syringes, as there were no other fields. Their motivation overpowered the circumstances. Sport takes time and desire.
Step 3
The ability to resist the environment is equally important. The USSR national water polo team in 1956, at the height of the Hungarian uprising, met with opposition from the whole world, especially after the scandal with the dissection of an eyebrow to one of the Hungarian athletes. The Soviet athletes, even if they lost, were able to maintain their composure, although they were young and inexperienced guys.
Step 4
Loyalty to an idea is costly. Russian wrestler Ivan Poddubny at the beginning of his career accepted many tempting offers from foreign agents to go to them and compete abroad. But Poddubny, being a convinced patriot, did not agree. And an athlete deprived of his homeland is unlikely to show a good result. The thirst for money kills the thirst to move forward, and without it, the athlete does not become successful.
Step 5
It is also necessary to use the brain. Bonded contracts with athletes are not uncommon, and by putting your signature on the form, you will no longer remove it. Young talents often find themselves in such situations, because they are not confident in their abilities, in talent, and there is simply no experience. Use reflexes on the field, but in other cases you need to be a diplomat. Only then can you avoid the fate of dragging out your whole life in a supernumerary club.
Step 6
Finally, you need to listen to people who are your blood - relatives. It was Zinedine Zidane's father, Smail Zidane, who brought him into sports and, in fact, made modern Zidane - a football legend, a media person. Parents will not advise bad things, and it is not just worth listening to them to the young - it is necessary.
Step 7
So the path of sport is thorny, and only the one who fanatically believes in his lucky star, plus applies concrete actions to faith, becomes history.
