The Will To Win

If you want a thing bad enough
To go out and fight for it,
Work day and night for it,
Give up your time and your peace and
your sleep for it

If only desire of it
Makes you quite mad enough
Never to tire of it,
Makes you hold all other things tawdry
and cheap for it

Wishes, Goals, Plans

Well, the next few blogs and through out the rest of the summer, you will read about various plans. You see, a wise man once told me, “ A goal not written down, is merely a wish.” So, if a goal not written down is a wish, I think a goal not planned out is..... well maybe a goal or you could say a wish as well.

Seeing that I have turned my blog into a form of accountability, I am going to tell you the current plans that I have to achieve my goals. You see how this is already working out. So, let’s start with goal number two, which is hike mount timp, and goal five, hike the Y.

Now, let’s be honest. Hiking the Y could be done right now, today! So, it’s not so much a goal as a preparation step. But at the same time, the last time I hiked the Y was my freshmen year, in the winter semester, during the reading days. It was at night. So, I would like to climb it again at night and again during the day. So, seeing it is rather simple in nature, I am probably going to do it a few times, but if it isn’t accomplished by the 1 June I am just being a slacker.

Now, seeing that I will hike the Y at least twice by 1 June, I will hike a few more times and get myself in shape to hike Mount Timp in August. Late August actually, like the 27/28 of August. Why those dates? Well, TImp will still have snow on it until then so doing it anytime before late July or August, won’t work. I would be hiking in snow. Now, why would I be hiking on the 27/28? Well, I have heard that if you leave at about 11 or so at night and drive up there, and then you can hike a few hours and make it to the top to see the sunrise. Which would mean I would hike it the morning of the 28 of August. But here is the reason why I want to hike the Y a few times. I want to be able to hike timp with a few goods, so when I get to the top, I can enjoy what ever i have brought with me. I like it!

Knowledge

“A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge, for if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other world, as evil spirits will have more knowledge, and consequently more power than many men who are on the earth. Hence it needs revelation to assist us, and give us knowledge of the the things of God.” - Joseph Smith

Summer To Do's

With finals looming about, and spring and summer upon us, I have decided to take some time to write down my summer to do’s. Part of them are goals, the other part things I must do, and some things I just want to do for fun. With 17 weeks of summer I think we could get a lot done. So, here it goes.

Summer To Do’s:
1. Football Playbook
2. Hike Mount Timp
3. Anisa’s Wedding
4. Attend the temple weekly
5. Hike the Y
6. Run a 7 minute mile (which means getting healthy enough to run)
7. The reading club - read 10 books this summer (actual goal is 17- that is one a week)
8. Rock Climb a 5.10
9. Write a book
10. Start a business
11. And as always, solve world hunger, tell no one!


While this list is subject to change I think it is a good start to have a rathe successful and enjoyable summer. So, let’s get rockin’!

Tiger Woods

After reading a few of my friend’s blogs, I realized I spend way to much time blogging about things. I need to lighten up and enjoy things a little bit more and just point out a small highlight of the day or the week.

So, I might be going against what I just said by taking on pretty big task, but I want to talk about Tiger Woods. This week he is playing in the Masters. His first tournament back. Taking a 144 day break from the game of golf. Now, this is what is killing me about the whole thing. The media is having a hay day with this thing. It’s almost like their is nothing else going on in the world of sports, except Tiger’s comeback.

Now I don’t agree with anything that Tiger Woods has done in his personal life. Having an affair is never good in any way. Besides being an idiot and making these mistakes he has done the best he can. He has apologized, taken some time away from the game in an attempt to get his life back in order. He hasn’t tried to diminish or justify what he has done. In my words, he has maned up to it. As Jim Rome says, this is a basic playbook move. Acknowledge it, own it, apologize for it, don’t make excuses or rationalize it, be sincere, move on and keep working.

I know everyone has wanted him to make more statements and were mad when he read his apology statement and then took no questions. He hasn’t been out and about talking with all the media. He has been sitting in the background, working on things, and trying to make corrections in his life. The fact is, even if he made a huge statement and took all the questions in the world, I would be left to say, what is he going to do about it. If he wants to show he is sincere and gain his integrity back he needs to show me and the world that he has changed, and not just say it. That is what I want to see out of Tiger now. Not just some words, but a true change in attitude and action.

Tournament Expansion and Robbing a Bank

Well I have to get some things off my chest and when I say some things I mean one.... the expansion of the NCAA Tournament. I have one question, just one, who thinks that this is a good idea? Besides the head idiot’s that make these decisions. Seriuously? Expanding the NCAA Tournament to 96 teams is the worst idea for college sports since... I don’t know. This is horrible! It is purely money driven. That is the only reason why they are doing this. Now, let me list a few issues I have with this.

I would start from worst to greatest, but I think all of them have a great value in and of themselves. First off, Academics. Let’s be honest, being a college student is already hard as it is. Being a student-athlete is torture. Now, put in the fact that for an entire month, these athletes are going to be missing school, and not just a little bit of school, but a ton of school! Starting with their conference tournament they are going to miss an entire weekend starting at the end of February or early March, if not more like a week. Than, they are going to fly out Wednesday if not earlier to get some rest and do the media thing and all that jazz, play Thursday or Friday, and then Saturday or Sunday. Now repeat that three more weeks. With conference tournament and NCAA Tournament that is a month of school! I don’t know of any college student who can still pass their classes after missing a week of school, yet a lone a month! The NCAA prides themselves about their student athletes. I don’t know, with a schedule like that, it sounds more like athlete athlete.

Two, the bracket. Just from the logistics of it, it is retarded. We are going to have 64 teams play and the winners of those will play the other 32. Really? This is completely idiotic. Have all these teams fly all over the nation just to be one and done! That’s a lot of wasted money, time, and effort. Yeah sure you are going to put them in the same place for a few days, but what about all those fans? Where are they going to stay? Would people even fly half way across their country to see their them play the 92 seed? Or how about number 96? How big is that group following going to be?

That leads me to my next point. Name the last time a 16 seed won a game? Name it? Every person gets four picks right every year! It’s not rocket science. The 16 seeds have never won a game. Ever! Average lose is by 30 points in the 1 v. 16 game. The 16a v. 16b game, also known as the play in game, is to find out who is going to be the first loser to the one seed of the tournament. Oh, so let’s expand the field for the same thing to happen? That doesn’t sound like a good competitive sport. Rather, it sounds like something that they would tell me in first grade, “we are all winners!” I’m not buying it! Not for one second!

Now, I know we all have ideas, but you know, sometimes you have to face the music and admit your ideas sometimes stink, suck, are horrible, or whatever word that you can use to describe bad! But just because you have an idea, and it can make you a little money, doesn’t mean you should go out and do it. I can rob a bank and make some money there, is that a good idea.... Think about it.