Essay about Graduation Speech

Staying up late to finish up an essay, or studying late at night after a long day of a physical and mental beat down, is pushed through with determination. Sports taught me determination, and it comes with work ethic. Being a student athlete also gave me leadership qualities both in the classroom and on the field. No where in the classroom will I be put into situations where quick decisions must be made and consequences are waiting to follow. The discipline that is required to be successful at a sport has only strengthened me in every aspect of my life. The discipline through sports has taught me to respect everyone, be coachable, and not to sell myself short. Everything learned through sports gives you a big advantage in school as well. For many of us, if it wasn't for sports, we wouldn't still be in school working this hard. Being a student athlete helps prepare you to catch anything life throws at you, and to handle it very well. Gold medal olympian Bob Richards stated that "One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top". Sports has taken me farther in life and school than I believe I could’ve taken

Good morning, seniors and faculty. Today, I have the honor of addressing one of the most unique, talented, and resilient classes ever to attend Newfield High School. I hope that the advice I have to offer you today will enlighten you as well as your successors. Now, since graduation is a congratulatory occasion, before I get started, there are people who must be acknowledged and to whom respect is due.

As I stand before you all at the end of our senior year, giving this speech, let’s reminisce in some of our memorable pasts. Looking back, we’ve made many great memories in the midst of earning an

Determination is what separates the great from the good or average, just look at michael phelps an olympic champion and a world renowned swimmer, he reached all this through determination he swam nearly 50 miles a week by training twice a day for a total of 5-6 hours a six days a week. In the story Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing the main character is a young child is faced with a task and he is determined through all means to complete this task. The story starts off with a young boy who is on a

This study was designed to explore the academic experience of the African American male scholar- athletes, their academic motivation to succeed, the role peers contributed to their academic achievement, and to explore the characteristics of motivation on African American Male Scholar-Athletes according to Self-Determination Theory (SDT). SDT is defined as “a macro-theory of human motivation that posits humans have an inherent motivational drive to master their social environment through self-determined

Overcoming adversity is one of the number one things that all people in and out of sports has to face. Looking at it in athletics this is the

We are all leaving the nest and flying in different directions. Some of us will move on to a school just across campus, while others will leave to a school thirty minutes away from here. I know we are all anxious and excited to be leaving the building that some of us have been practically living in since kindergarten. I have created so many memorable moments here that I will never forget. Today, I ask you to look around you. Who do see before you? I see parents that have worked hard to give us the opportunity to learn and are now so proud of our growth. I see teachers who have taught us so much more that just Algebra or English. Then, I see us, the formal leaders of the school. We are known as the eight graders, but I see us as a giant 40 person family. We are united by the common factor of our graduation. So today as we receive our much-coveted diplomas in our navy cap and gowns, I ask you to indulge in these last following days with your fellow

    Have you ever felt like you loss but since you did, you wanted to strive for better? Determination is what drives us to success, so without it what would we be able to do? Failure causes determination for us to win. If we fail, should we give up? No, we shouldn’t, we should get up and keep fighting and trying to win and succeed. LeBron and his friends failed, but they had determination to win the National Championship. LeBron and his best friends learned about life from the game of basketball: their losses from their basketball games taught them to become stronger and better as a basketball player and a better person outside of basketball.

I believe that effort is the most important quality any person can have. When someone that is not as gifted or skilled in an art or sport, that person can negate this with maximum effort. NBA star, Kevin Durant, said “Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.” Not everyone will connect with that quote, but athletes can because it is easy to relate to effort when you are not the best at the sport or activity that is being played. Effort cannot be taught, the only person that can bring effort every day is yourself. High school sports coaches will drill that into your brain, that they cannot coach effort, but in most cases they are correct. There will always be a few peers that can be motivated based on the situation and if they

First, I like to mention that we come a long way from our four years together. We started here (from the bottom) and now we're here. We are the first class to graduate from this school with no ties to the old high school. We built unforgettable memories together here in this school. Especially from our pep rallies, although we didn't win all of them, we developed a deep bond with each other. That is something we must reminisce about in the future.

Brooke- We thank you all for coming to this special occasion in our lives. We will start to move forward to high school, college, and beyond. Just like the past, we will gain and lose new friends in our high school years. We are ready to move forward into the next chapter of life. We have worked so hard to become the eighth grade class of 2016 and become the top of the school. Now we will drop back to the bottom and work our way up to being Seniors. You will follow us and watch us on this last chapter of school.

For instance, winning competitions made me feel good, so that motivated me to work harder for me to get the first place. Also, I needed hot-blooded bursts of effort to masterfully execute sophisticated musical interpretations so I can satisfy the audience and myself. In due course, I started to see the fruits of my hard, sweaty work; I started winning many piano competitions. Much to my benefit, my hard-working skill transferred over to my academic endeavors as well, helping me to finish my homework in time while striving to create quality content. Although the process of working through tough musical spots in a music piece was challenging and painful at times, I learned through experience that being indefatigably persistent through the times of unbearably toiling moments is the only way to obtain my desired

Being a student athlete I have had to overcome a lot of difficulties from having a bad practice to being injured and having the tenacity to still pushing through the pain even though I risk injuring myself even more. One memory comes to mind when

One accomplishment that took an abounded amount of time and effort was placing second nationwide in Science Olympiad. Science Olympiad is a prime example of dedication. In this club students, including myself, practice every day after school from the time school ends to 5:30 sometimes to 6:30 where you work non-stop on your 'events' that pertain to various scientific topics, to become the best in the nations. So much determination is built up from the time that you put into your event that you are motivated to see the end result, and see what you have built or studied pay off by placing first in your event. Even when you thought that things go wrong or your build breaks you do not tend to give up, if anything it pushes you to fix it and prevent

And if you don’t have determination then you don’t have a goal you’re working up to reach! Most of all, I think gymnastics has daught me determination because I’m determined to work to the best of my abilities and what I’m capable of. This characteristic transfers over to my school work also because I’m determined to get good grades and of the best I can be. But I couldn’t be determined without hard work. I I didn’t work hard, then I wouldn’t know what success felt like and I wouldn’t be able to set my goals so high.