CHAMPION MANIFESTO   I

  • Champions love competition - the challenge of becoming more disciplined, more intense, more prepared. They realize that the harder the battle is, the greater the adversity - the stronger they'll become, the quicker they'll achive their goals. They relish battles.
    CHAMPIONS ARE DRIVEN TO EXCEL.

  • You can only learn strength when you are in trouble. Learing to compete in a sportsman way WILL MAKE YOU A CHAMPION.

  • A Champion inspires his teammates to play at their best with more intensity, by his example. He walks his talk. A Champion is interested in learning all he can, mastering all his skills and responsibilities acquiring every characteristic
    THAT HELPS HIM GAIN THE EDGE.

  • Champions never worry about things they can't control, they realize
    THEY CAN ONLY CONTROL THEMSELVES AND THEIR ATTITUDE.

  • Champions hang around with other champions - because they want to be influenced by each other's character.
    NOTHING HINDERS THEM FROM THIS GOAL.

  • A Champion know that winning is a result of
    BEING COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE -
    IT TAKES CARE OF ITSELF.

  • A Champion realizes that some days, even most days - he doesn't "feel" like working, striving, paying the price to be a Champion. But then he remembers . . . or another Champion reminds him,
THAT BEING A CHAMPION IS A CHOICE
YOU MAKE IT OVER AND OVER EACH DAY!

    and so . . . YOU MAKE THAT CHOICE AGAIN.
Scotty Kessler
PLU All-American
Player and Coach