Showing posts with label goal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label goal. Show all posts

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Greatness


Russel, Sean. "How To Achieve Greatness | A Guide Anyone Can Follow." MenProvement. MenProvement, 19 Nov. 2013. Web. 23 Jan. 2015.

“He will be on the verge for greatness,” the man said with assurance. Issac, who was listening through the small opening between the door and the wall, was to remember that moment for the rest of his life. Not knowing who said that to his father, Issac was forced to leave the scene as soon as possible and head back to his room so his father would not find out he was still awake. The man had knocked on the door out of the blue, late at night to talk to Issac’s father. Issac showed up near the end of their conversation when he heard what was said.

A year and a half later, Issac noticed a rapid progression in his technical skills. He decided he needed to improve his physical attributes to become superior to everyone else. He worked and worked and gave his all to become superior. He wanted to become the best and he soon realized he could achieve this goal. Soon enough, bigger and greater opportunities came knocking on his door. When those opportunities came he had to make some difficult decisions to become a great. He made the decision and it was to change his life and inspire others.

Issac continued to work hard every day to further improve himself and this affected others around him; it inspired them. They noticed the change in Issac and how he was on track to be the greatest ever. They now believed hard work could achieve anything. The others were to never be as great as Issac, though. 

There he was four years later. Issac had finally become “a great.” He was forever thankful for overhearing what the man said to his father five and half years earlier. Issac still wasn’t satisfied. He wanted to become the greatest of the greats. The following year another individual was to become even greater than Issac and remained so for the next 14 years to come. Something happened to Issac that caused a downfall in his performance. His father had died from a shuttle crash in space and this affected him. But his father’s death only affected him for a year. He was to never give up on hard work until one day that person who was greater than Issac was to be overtaken. Issac was to break through that barrier of being a lesser great. He was going to finally become greater than he had ever been before. He was to gain his confidence back and become the greatest of all the greats. He was to be known as the greatest cosmic footballer that had ever lived.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Goal

Goal

It was at my last soccer game of the season at half time, and my team had yet to score in a game against the boys. “I don’t care if you kill them, I want to see your teeth on the ground,” yelled my coach. He told us that this game is really important because if we didn’t win we wouldn’t be able to come back to the best boy’s league next year. As we went on the field my heart started pounding with excitement and nervousness. I was new on the team, and this was my chance to prove myself as a good player. Only three minutes left in the game. The score remained 0-0. I could feel the frustration in the air, and I decided that it was up to me to change that. “C’mon girls give it all you got! Don’t give up, we can do it!”  I shouted. Suddenly I saw an opportunity when the center back lost the ball. I took the ball and couldn’t see anything but the goal and how I wanted the ball to be inside that net. I saw my teammate open so I gave her a pass and she returned the favor perfectly and at that point I knew it was my time. I shot the ball and while it was in the air, time stood still. All I could think was that if it did not go in, it would be my entire fault and I wasted our one and only chance. I shut my eyes and crossed my fingers for that perfect goal. All of a sudden I heard a bee buzzing in my ears. As soon as I opened my eyes to see if I made the shot, I felt a stinger in my eye. I screamed so loud that I couldn’t tell whether my team was cheering or not, and I couldn’t see. I felt my legs go out from under me, as someone knocked me over. I wasn’t sure if it was a teammate or the defender. Slowly my other eye opened, I saw the long hair of my teammates all around my face. Even though I couldn’t see, I could still feel the excitement of the game.