I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

-Mia Hamm

 

“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”

 

-Olympic Creed 

This post comes to you live from Whistler, B.C. host of the 2010 winter Olympics.

Where will you be in 2010? If you are fortunate enough to purchase one of the 1.8 million tickets being sold for the winter Olympics, you will be in Whistler or Vancouver. However, as I wondered around the village one very important question kept circling in my mind, where will every one fit?

“Here’s wishing you the top o’ life without a single tumble.
Here’s wishing you the smiles o’ life and not a single grumble.
Here’s wishing you the best o’ life and not a claw about it.
Here’s wishing you the joy in life and not a day without it.”

– Irish Blessing

This week we are launching our first ever community of the week on video. This video highlights coach Derek, a dedicated coach using TeamPages to simplify his coaching needs and coach William, a coach who tries to stay on top of his team but finds it difficult to manage everything on his own. I will let the video speak for itself but for the record you are in for a laugh!

“What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.”

-Joe Paterno

This weeks blog has focused a lot on dealing with challenges (the community of the week) and doing the impossible (the quote of the week). I figured a fitting and motivating post this week would be to discuss the four minute mile, a historical moment which reinforces the age old proverb “where there’s a will there’s a way.”

Twenty-six year old Stephanie Perkins understands what it is like to be part of a team. “I love being part of a team” she says, “we all have different strengths but we come together to achieve a common goal. You can’t play selfishly, you have to give it your all or else you are letting the whole team down.” This is why she was devastated when she tore her ACL right before the BC summer games. “I just kept thinking how badly I wanted to play and to help my team win the gold.”

It is difficult to say what is impossible,
for the dream of yesterday is the hope of
today and the reality of tomorrow.”

-Bob Hope