No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own (1)
I learned this lesson from a(n) (2) many years ago. I took the head (3) job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.
It was a tradition for the schoolˈs old team to play against the (4) team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didnˈt even practice to (5) the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldnˈt (6) I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to (7) that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were (8) me. I had to change my (9) about their ability and potential.
I started doing anything I could to help them build a little (10) .Most important, I began to treat them like (11) .That summer, When the other teams enjoyed their (12) ,we met every day and (13) passing and kicking the football.
Six months after suffering our (14) on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to (15) .Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a (16) for us even if we lost the game. But that wasnˈt what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest (17) of my life!
From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can (18) the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and (19) them. I helped them to see themselves (20) ,and they built themselves into winners.
Winners are made, but born.