Speech On Perseverance

There comes a time in life when perseverance shows one’s true potential. The story“Unbroken” written by Laura Hillenbrand shows legendary runner Louie Zamperini and showed how he truly represented that. Throughout this story it displays what the true meaning of perseverance; whether, it’s something as little as staying committed to track or fighting in World War Two and trying to fight for life even if there seems like there’s nothing to fight for. If someone is commited no matter the time or the difficulty that doesn’t just show perseverance, but it shows one’s true ability to fight for and try for something they want to accomplish.

Initially, the beneficial effects of perseverance are elucidated by way of figurative language. For being in one of the most desolate places on earth, the Walls’ family thrived in the dessert. The Walls children were taught everything from how to drink and

There’s a saying that everyone’s said at least once in their lifetime, I’m sure. It’s so cliché, but now I know that there is so much truth behind it. “Believe in yourself.” Rather than giving up on yourself, use your failures to make you better. Learn how to bounce back from adversity and learn from those experiences. This is called using your growth mindset. According to Carol Dweck, research psychologist, in her book Mindset, “In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.” It wasn’t until the summer between my junior and senior year of high school that I learned this and of course I learned it the hard way. I had played club basketball for four summers in a row with the Longmont Rush basketball club. I loved the game of basketball and I had spent countless hours working on my skills on the court. I even wanted to play in college. I already had schools scouting me. Unfortunately, in my final season, just before my senior year, my biggest fear came true.

My freshman year we entered playoffs with a hopeful optimism that in our first year in 3A, the largest division, we could make a statement that we were here to stay. In the end, the game didn’t go our way. There were some questionable calls made but in the end, it is what it is: we weren’t good enough to win. A tough reality but often times you learn more from a loss than from a win. Sophomore

It is a way to remind oneself that giving up is not an option; neither should be getting complacent with what is going on or your class in life. Perseverance should drive people to do good in their lives, much like it did for J.D. Vance. Much of my life is devoted to sports. I’ve played and have been a student of sports since I was five years old. There are not many days that I do not pick up a baseball bat or dribble a basketball. As can be imagined, I have fought my way through some tough situations; the one I remember the most vivid and learned that perseverance will make things better, was when I was in the fifth grade. I made the “A” team for basketball, and many might think, how is that an issue? Classmates and teammates even said that I should not be on the team because I was not fast enough, strong enough, and could not shoot well. They told me this, and it hurt my feelings (remember I am only in the fifth grade, so these were big issues). It was the first time I could remember that someone had doubted me, and it sucked. Instinctively I, being the competitive person I am, who will get wildly into a student-center air hockey game, wanted to prove my teammates wrong. I went to practice each day and worked my butt off, and even after practicing went out in my backyard and practiced more by putting up more shots. I was not going to let a bunch of fifth graders tell me I am not good enough to play the

While losing hurt my team's record, it also brought us closer together. We shook off the loss and pushed through the pain to earn our future

“I did not fail , I just found out 1000 ways it won’t work” Thomas Edison

Our team went undefeated for our first 16 games, and then our 17th game we had our first tie. We were used to killed the team we tied to, but that proves if you don’t come ready not everything is going to go your way. Some of the kids kind of took it the wrong way. We won 14 more games after that and kept playing strong. Then we had our final playoff game to see who was going to state or not.

The author portrays the message and theme of persistence, resilience, and grit throughout the entire story. We understand

I’m sure you’ve been told persistence is key, and believe that you can do something, not that you can’t. Well I’m not going to show it to you, or tell you, I’m going to prove it to you. The summer after 4th grade year, our baseball team had the greatest summer ever. At the beginning of the season since their was so many kids at our age group that wanted to play, the adults in charge had to split it up into 3 teams. All 3 teams had fair or average seasons. My team had the best of the 3, but it wasn’t quite good enough. We had had, just enough success, not as much as we would have liked. We found ourselves barely sneaking into the tournament as the worst out of 8 seeded teams. We had to play against the undefeated Watertown team in the first round. We were told we had no chance to win, and we believed that too. The most I’ve ever been wrong in my life was saying, “we have no chance to beat them.”

Everyone has to go through tough events in their life, but to be successful you have to have to persevere and overcome it. In Call Of The Wild Buck went through a lot of struggle, but he was able to persevere and become a great sled dog. However, my dad also went through a lot with his high school football team also, but they overcame all of it and won the state championship. Although they persevered in different ways they both were able to overcome a struggle and be successful. To persevere you must be able to overcome adversity, and Buck and my Dad both did that.

A lesson I took from the story about achieving success is that no matter what obstacle you encounter, you need to keep pushing forward to your end goal and beyond. Certain situations can cause us to pause or if they’re severe to completely give up on our goals.

Before we could come out on top, we had to be torn down as individuals and as a team. Personally, I had never really been a confident person. In school, if I saw that someone had a different answer, I would assume that I was wrong. For class presentations or even just conversations, I had to have every single word planned out beforehand. I hated being the center of attention and never participated in class. I was cynical of others, lacking faith in them because of my own self doubt. As a team, we had failed to advance to finals the previous year and it was a wake up call for us. We knew that success wasn’t going to be handed to us.

What is perseverance? Perseverance is the ability to go on when things seem hopeless. It is also a measure of success, or at least how much sacrifice one is willing to make in the name of success. As students, it is impossible to achieve personal success without having a goal, or direction. The goal and direction that often propels us to achieve is perseverance. Perseverance is the ability to forge ahead despite setbacks that threaten to undermine all efforts to succeed.

Everyone experiences adversity. Challenges that everyday people experience can potentially shape, improve, or destroy one's sense of self and personality. Through all these hardships and seemingly impenetrable obstacles, the most pertinent component of one's ability to overcome can only be shown in actions taken despite the odds. People have one of two options; to let those obstacles overwhelm them and keep them from pursuing all that they were destined to accomplish, or to march forward, fight harder and push past the seemingly impossible circumstances to become greater than they ever expected to be, but until they take the step that enables them to be successful -- they are stranded. All of our actions, mistakes, successes, and behaviors shape our person and what we can or cannot become, but what will always matter is our individual decisions and actions not those of the people around us because at the end of the day, we are the ones who have to deal with ourselves.