Tuesday, July 25, 2006
NHS
i have been complaining to the NHS about how they failed to diagnose my broken leg, i swear they make it complicated so people get annoyed and dont bother complaining because they get so cofused and stressed
i also managed to lose 2 games to 1 at pro evo and i was crap, a shambolic shambles.
an inspirational quote said of lance armsrong by Steve Wolff in his book 'it's not about the bike'
"I think you were fated to get this type of illness. One, because maybe you could overcome it, and two, because your potential as a human was so much greater than being a cyclist."
This is exactly how I have viewed my broken leg from the outset, i can get over it and it will force me to live without football and find the potential that i have to do other things in my life.
I know the difference between cancer and a broken leg is massive, but the principle is still the same.
I have taken heart from reading Lance Armstrongs books. I can see a lot of similarities in his character and the way he approaches things with my own mentality. He is always positive about every situation. some quotes epitomise me include;
'make every obstacle an opportunity'
'if it was a suffer fest i was good at it'
'if you cant give 110% you wont make it'
There are many other captions like this through his book that typify myself. i have warmed to the man, mainly because it appears that I have a similar mentality to his
one situation that sticks in my head is the day after the first team manager at football was sacked and our manager (the youth team manager) was appointed as caretaker manager. we had no one to coach us. the physio took charge of us for the day. instead of going to the training ground to train properly, we stayed at the ground and got our running trainers on for a 12 minute run. 12 minutes on tarmack lapping round the pitch, with the physio. most people thought, 'whats the point of running infront of the physio, he doesnt pick the team. maybe if the manager was watching it would motivate me to run, and run untill my legs physically gave up.'
I didnt see it that way, i realised that this was an unfortunate set of circumstances. of course i would rather go and train with a ball. but this was a chance for me to get fitter. i told myself that it was a psychological test to see who eased up when the manager wasnt present and the physio was recording our lap times, even though i knew it wasnt. I usually came in 3rd of 4th in the 12 minute runs we did, this time i came first, and by a long way. i motivated myself even when it seemed that the task was pointless. it was an easy opportunity to go through the motions and take it easy, but i didnt take that opportunity.
'make every obstacle an opportunity'
'if it was a suffer fest i was good at it'
'if you cant give 110% you wont make it'
i also managed to lose 2 games to 1 at pro evo and i was crap, a shambolic shambles.
an inspirational quote said of lance armsrong by Steve Wolff in his book 'it's not about the bike'
"I think you were fated to get this type of illness. One, because maybe you could overcome it, and two, because your potential as a human was so much greater than being a cyclist."
This is exactly how I have viewed my broken leg from the outset, i can get over it and it will force me to live without football and find the potential that i have to do other things in my life.
I know the difference between cancer and a broken leg is massive, but the principle is still the same.
I have taken heart from reading Lance Armstrongs books. I can see a lot of similarities in his character and the way he approaches things with my own mentality. He is always positive about every situation. some quotes epitomise me include;
'make every obstacle an opportunity'
'if it was a suffer fest i was good at it'
'if you cant give 110% you wont make it'
There are many other captions like this through his book that typify myself. i have warmed to the man, mainly because it appears that I have a similar mentality to his
one situation that sticks in my head is the day after the first team manager at football was sacked and our manager (the youth team manager) was appointed as caretaker manager. we had no one to coach us. the physio took charge of us for the day. instead of going to the training ground to train properly, we stayed at the ground and got our running trainers on for a 12 minute run. 12 minutes on tarmack lapping round the pitch, with the physio. most people thought, 'whats the point of running infront of the physio, he doesnt pick the team. maybe if the manager was watching it would motivate me to run, and run untill my legs physically gave up.'
I didnt see it that way, i realised that this was an unfortunate set of circumstances. of course i would rather go and train with a ball. but this was a chance for me to get fitter. i told myself that it was a psychological test to see who eased up when the manager wasnt present and the physio was recording our lap times, even though i knew it wasnt. I usually came in 3rd of 4th in the 12 minute runs we did, this time i came first, and by a long way. i motivated myself even when it seemed that the task was pointless. it was an easy opportunity to go through the motions and take it easy, but i didnt take that opportunity.
'make every obstacle an opportunity'
'if it was a suffer fest i was good at it'
'if you cant give 110% you wont make it'
# posted by mac daddy @ 8:57 AM 
