Codgie’s Blog: Shortcuts
Most of us have heard that the “shortest distance between two points is a straight line” and have applied this principle in the classroom and as athletes, on the track and field as well. Encouraging words like “Champions are made at practice” would ring in our ears as we strove to become better at the task before us. Now, as the Olympics get underway in Beijing, China, the current climate is filled with negative words like ”drug-cheat” and “performance enhanced” as many athletes pursue their dreams of being an Olympic Champion or the best in the world and may be faced with the decision to take the shortest (and possibly quickest) route to stardom. However, many thousands of today’s athletes have found that the best shortcut to stardom is just plain old………. hard work.
Let the Games Begin!
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