![]() ![]() Thanh, along with his family (brother, sister, mother and father), had escaped Vietnam in the late 1970s, literally by boat to Australia. Thanh Nguyen is probably the best example of never giving up. He had come back from defeat and frustrating injuries to achieve his dream, to compete in the Olympics-he never quit! John's body was breaking down, one little injury after another, but he dug deep and had his best day (170 kg and 205 kg) at the Olympic Trials to make the 1988 Olympic team. Unfortunately for John he was competing against his training partner and friend Mario Martinez (+110 kg), 1984 Olympic silver medalist and holder of all the U.S. After that, injuries started to take their toll on John, but he sucked it up and fought on, placing second in the 1987 Nationals and second in the Pan American Games. John went back to the gym, trained hard, and won the Nationals in 1986. He cleaned it strong and drove the jerk to arm's length, but couldn't hold it, no lift. At the 1984 Olympic Trials all he needed was 200 kg in the clean and jerk to make the team, a weight he had done on several occasions in the gym and in competition. John Bergman (+110 kg) was an up-and-comer and a long shot to make the 1984 Olympic team, but he was lifting the weights that would do it. He came back from defeat to be a champion because he never quit! records, made World teams, won silver medals at the 1987 Pan American Games, and placed fifth at the 1984 Olympics. He came home and started training as hard as ever. In 1980 he was on a roll again, breaking his personal records in local meets, and we thought he would make the 1980 Olympic team, but he had another disappointing Nationals and Olympic Trials, placing fourth. However, he bombed out there-a big disappointment. He won the 1979 Junior Nationals where he set records, and had lifted many personal records in training, enough to win the 1979 Nationals. As a coach I have some great examples of the winning mental attitude. This is a mental attitude that successful people have in sports and all walks of life. That's an old and proven cliche and what it means is keep your determination and focus, and never stop trying. Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win Olympic Weightlifting Team Coach 1980, 1988 & 1992Īuthor of Olympic-style Weightlifting for Beginner & Intermediate Weightlifters Manual and DVD On the other hand, a quitter lives most of his life in regret because of his lack of motivation and dedication.U.S. Success only knocks on the doors of winners because they are determined in life. Never keep the fear of failure inside your self. And the one who is ready to take all these challenges is always a winner. It's very easy to give up any thing in the midway but very difficult to continue till the end despite of hurdles & challenges. Sir Sachin Tendulkar was also a school drop out. They strived hard to reach their goals and only rested when success touched their feet. Even scientists like Issac Newton and Albert Einstein never gave up pursuing their dreams and interests just because some of their experiments failed. Most of us are not born with talent and skills. We quit our job, quit our relationship, quit our studies and so on. We start behaving insane after every failure. But is the way that to win? Definitely not.!! By loosing hope we closes all the doors from where success actually arrives. We always loose hope when we loose something or we fail to complete any task. Because he is not determined to face the difficulties, he never reaches his goal and is declared a quitter. ![]() On the other hand, a quitter gets perturbed by challenges, and in the midst, gives up. A winner is ready to face challenges and obstacles that may come in between him and his goals. because failure teaches us the most.Ī winner is someone who is determined to reach his goals, no matter how arduous the journey may be. ![]() It's perfectly fine if we achieve failure at any moment. Then why do we run behind success after we grow up.? Why do we need to prove our self every time. We just did what we liked because we didn't had to prove anything to others at that time. It starts from the kinder garden school where we struggle hard to get a front seat, a toy, a chocolate or a good friend where we were not always successful. In our life we struggle really very hard to be successful in all the stages of our lives. We all humans are like that ant who tries hard to get our platter of success. ![]() In the initial phase she achieves failure, but at the end of the day she is at her point. She tries hard to collect her food, to build her house, to climb a big wall which is definitely not a easy task for that little being. She always tries hard to achieve her goal but is not always successful. An Ant is the best example to prove this proverb. ![]()
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