Patriots and perseverance!

OK, it is known fact that I am a great fan of sports - football and baseball in particular. Being from New England, we are in a period of particularly fruitful results vis a vis winning - frequently and often. This has not always been the case,as any loyal Red Sox or Patriots fan can attest. So....why the fascination?

As I grow older and wiser, I am realizing that every game is like a metaphor for life. There are winners and losers; some people do the activity, others watch; emotions run high and low; some succeed and others fail. Throughout there is this undercurrent of what the sportcasters and coaches call "momentum". It is this momentum ,or lack thereof, that decides the outcome of every game.

The team that is able to stay focused and concentrate, ignoring the current reality in favor of a new one, are more often than not able to harness a universal power and turn the situation around. Teams learn and practice startegies over and over and over, so that the game plan becomes an automatic response. So...the team gets behind in the score, the batter gets behind in the count, so what!! The excellent teams and the excellent batters just keep at it, believing deep down inside that they are winners, that they will succeed, and even if they lose, it is only one game, one inning, one touchdown. Those who excel ask "How can I do it better next time?"

As Vince Lombardi said, " Quitters never win, and winners never quit." So it is in sports. So it can be in life. Be like the Patriots over the Ravens! Don't give up. Stay with your game plan. Dig down deep. We are all winners. We just need to believe!!