The average runner runs until<\/p>\n
The breath in him is gone,<\/p>\n
But the champion has the iron will<\/p>\n
That makes him carry on.<\/p>\n
For rest the average runner begs<\/p>\n
When limp his muscles grow,<\/p>\n
But the champion runs on leaden legs.<\/p>\n
His courage makes him go.<\/p>\n
The average man’s complacent when<\/p>\n
He’s done his best to score,<\/p>\n
But the champion does his best and then,<\/p>\n
He does a little more.<\/p>\n
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Becoming a Champion doesn\u2019t come easy. It takes an effort that goes far beyond the norm. It takes discipline, persistence, dedication, and total commitment. It takes working your guts out and never giving up. A Champion can\u2019t do things halfway, they go all in on everything they do.<\/p>\n
Anyone can be a Champion if they choose to be. All it takes is a willingness to put in the work, persevere, stay positive, never give up, and always, always, always keep moving forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cA champion is someone who does not settle for that day\u2019s practice, the day\u2019s competition, that day\u2019s performance. They are always striving to be better. They don\u2019t live in the past.”<\/span> \u2013 Briana Scurry<\/p>\n Look forward, give it your best, and then give it a little more because YOU are a CHAMPION and that\u2019s what you do!<\/p>\n ~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The average runner runs until The breath in him is gone, But the champion has the iron will That makes him carry on. For rest the average runner begs When limp his muscles grow, But the champion runs on leaden legs. His courage makes him go. The average man’s complacent when He’s done his best […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9364,395,46,4174,393,9362,9359,654,2038,148,4207,224,163,1083,96,9366,154,1170,1100,1786,9368,57,164,3157,244,1730,55,1295,9358,6039,3286,1250,4305,4359,1288,3972,5101,9360,5591,9367,149,9365,9361,45,9363,9369],"class_list":["post-6532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-all-the-way","tag-amy-rees-anderson","tag-attitude","tag-average","tag-best","tag-beyond-the-norm","tag-carry-on","tag-champion","tag-commitment","tag-competition","tag-complacent","tag-confidence","tag-courage","tag-courageous","tag-culture","tag-days-practice","tag-dedication","tag-determination","tag-discipline","tag-do-more","tag-dont-live-in-the-past","tag-easy","tag-effort","tag-excel","tag-grateful","tag-halfway","tag-happiness","tag-hard-work","tag-iron-will","tag-keep-moving-forward","tag-look-ahead","tag-look-forward","tag-never-give-up","tag-norm","tag-performance","tag-persistence","tag-run","tag-score","tag-strive","tag-strive-to-do-better","tag-success","tag-total-commitment","tag-vaughn-j-featherstone","tag-work-ethic","tag-work-your-guts-out","tag-you-are-a-champion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6532"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6535,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6532\/revisions\/6535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}