Most of us spend a lot of our lives worrying about all the things we can't control. And for athletes, every second you spend worrying about those uncontrollables is one less second you spend helping your team. I wrote an article on the subject a couple years ago and decided to repost it for you here...
Under Control
Let’s face it; there are some things in life that you just
cannot control. One of the biggest
categories of uncontrollables is other people.
And when you play a sport, particularly a team sport, there are a lot of
other people involved. You have
teammates, coaches, parents, opponents, referees and spectators. When you throw that many people together into
any situation it is inevitable that someone, at some time, will do something
that you don’t like. It will
happen. Probably daily. But lucky for us, there is one thing in the
world that is entirely under your control.
You control yourself. You control
your reactions towards imperfect situations.
You control your attitude towards all of those other people and towards
life in general. And because of all of
that, regardless of what anyone else does, you control the kind of player you
are and the impact that you have on your team.
