My ideal of success is setting and accomplishing goals you have set for yourself. Success can be achieved through determination, staying focused, and overcoming obstacles. Determination is a quality that makes you continue trying. I feel determination is an important aspect of achieving success because staying determined to achieve a goal, gets you one step closer to being successful in the goal you've set for yourself. I was able to achieve my goal of becoming a good basketball player, through determination. I started basketball when I was 12 years old, with no experience. I was scared to get into something totally different than the usual sports I played but wanted to achieve and be successful as a player and a teammate, so I started asking for feedback on everything I did, like dribbling and shooting hoops. I made sure I was at every practice and game with a positive attitude and ready to learn. I also asked for coaching assistance and practiced once a week with a coach, in order to strive at being the best player I could be. A few months went by and my routine of practicing every day, asking for feedback, and staying determined to be better, paid off, I was not only a better player, but I also became the teams MVP. Another aspect of being successful is staying focused. The word focused means to direct time and attention to a limited number of issues. An example of someone who is staying focused, in order to achieve being successful would be my 15-year-old brother
I would define success as achieving a goal that you set out for. The three most important things on John Wooden's Pyramid of Success are Confidence, Condition and Fight. These create success in many ways. If you have confidence to win you will always win or come very close. If your team is in condition you will be able to outwork the other team and be success. And if you willing to fight to win then you will be successful in every accept of life. I thought these were important because of how the sports I play I use all of these to be successful in these and in life in general.
I have been playing basketball ever since I can remember. My family has always been very athletic. My siblings played basketball as well as my parents. My grandma told me a story about how I used to shoot a little basketball into a 10 foot hoop and I would make it. I play in the point guard position. I work very hard at what I do so that makes me advance in my skill for the sport. When I really started to realize I had a passion for it was in 6th grade. We had a lot of new people therefore our team didn't blend great. But even with my team being the way it was I still put everything that I had into it. Two things at the end of the season happened to me that made me realized that if I worked at it I could do great things. One parent on the
To me success is accomplishing the goals, doing things the right way, and doing what you love.
Determination oftentimes makes us who we are as a person. It is something that is embedded deep inside the human nature. Determination is essentially the “steering wheel” of a person. It is up to the “driver” whether they want to take the effortless street or the harsh road on the mountain. Those who take the more challenging road usually results into a better reward and feeling in contrast to the boring and usual road. Humans, like any other species, would prefer to take the path of least resistance. This is not the case in this topic, it is that humans should be determined to succeed in something, because without determination, nothing would be achieved.
My philosophy of success is simply being content with your life. To me personality, I still do not know what contentment is to me and that's fine. I can guess it is being independent, with a job I am passionate about and surrounded by people that truly care about me. Success is finding that point in life that, if things stayed like how they are at this moment then it would be alright. I'm not saying to stop improving yourself or that after that point nothing bad or better will happen. People should always try to improve themselves and in reality, bad things will always happen at one point. Therefor my philosophy is to work towards that feeling of contentment. It
I used to practice every day when practice began, and I also put in effort outside campus on my own time when I could. Dribbling was the first technique that I wanted to better improve. I was a point guard, meaning that I was the backcourt player who directed my teams offense. I also practiced my shooting skills. I acquired knowledge this way, because I knew that dedication would get me to where I am now. Defense was a challenge for me, because I was much more smaller than my competition. I practiced for the games physically and mentally in order to
Dedication is key. No matter how hard it is to journey through something, dedication is what gets one through in the end. Even though things may get rocky and rough, the effort one puts in can turn the situation around completely. Dedication boosts one’s confidence in themselves. It helps one believe that if they can make it through what seems to be the worst of things, they can make it through to the end of anything.
As an individual I love staying active, socializing with others, being dependable, and keeping busy. Playing Basketball for Flour Bluff ISD, since the seventh grade, has granted me the opportunity to achieve all of these goals. For some peculiar reason I have consistently felt that I lacked experience of which my peers had, and that I would never be able to acquire it. Soon after I started playing I became intimidated of my fellow teammates and worried about the time I felt I lost, due to beginning so late in my childhood. Without fail, I always feel a sense of accomplishment after making it through tryouts every year and as I approach my final season, it has become clear just how much of my life was devoted to Basketball, that I truly love it and how I am thankful to be a part of something much more than just a team.
Starting from 8th grade, I played on the school team, and at the midpoint of the season, I realized that I had to practice my hardest because we were going to have a tournament. I started to ask the coach to teach me different style of plays. He taught me so many things when I stayed after practice. I still remember, two or three of my teammates would stay with me at the end of practice and work as much as I did. After working hard in practice, I used the skills I learned and won the entire tournament.
I attended all training sessions and spent a great amount of time playing basketball since the thrill of winning games, of becoming better pushes me forward. I believed my efforts are worthy, since I had the advantage over other players in speed and keen awareness, and I trained harder than others every day. Basketball was the only thing on my mind. Then the time came to assemble the official school team to participate in formal basketball games. I thought for all my efforts
However, becoming the ace of my team did not just come in just a snap. It took time, sweat and tears. There were expectations set by my coaches, teammates, and even the parents of my teammates. These expectations eventually became of my own. To continue succeeding and improving will need more than just talent. If I was not serious about training, I would fall behind quickly. I realized the amount of effort I had to put in as I advanced to a higher level each year. I could not play like how I first started out in Primary
Once I got to middle school I couldn't think of anything more than playing for the school. I tried out my seventh grade year and gave it my all during the workout drills. I was so disappointed the last day when the names were posted and mine wasn't listed. I emailed the coach that night and asked what I could work on for next year. Surprisingly, he responded right away with a few tips and videos of things I could do differently. For the next year, I practiced every chance I got. Once my homework and chores was done for the day, I'd go outside and shoot around. On the weekends,
I was 12 year old when I started playing basketball. My dream was to be similar to Michael Jordan. However, my GBL team has lost every game since I’ve started playing basketball. I was also playing with my older brother Jeremiah for the first time, but we were always fighting about whose better. I knew this season would bring us together. With a lot of hard work we finally won. It took me and my brother to work together to win.
Determination is when a person is willing to give up everything to accomplish their goal, or they are so confident in doing something that they never give up. That is one of the reasons I think the theme “Never Give Up” is the best possible theme. In the “Marble Champ” and “The 13th Goldfish,” the plot mostly
How would you define determination? Determination is often having the motivation and willpower to see a goal, a task or an idea through to the end. Throughout our history, there have been many events that have shaped or had an effect on our country and the rest of the world. One of the most important—World War II. If you were to ask many historians or military aficionados, most could agree that General George Smith Patton, Jr. stands out as one of the greatest of all time. In Martin