People make themselves into winners by their own efforts (努力).
Many years ago, look the head 1 job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.
It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the new team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn't even practice to 2 the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, 3 to my disappointment we were beaten. I couldn't believe I had got into such a 4 . Thinking hard about it, I came to realize that my team might not be the number one team in Georigia, but they were depending on me. I had to change my attention about their ability and potential (潜力).
I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. Most importantly, I began to treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed 5 holidays, we meet every day and practiced passing and kicking the football.
Six months 6 suffering our defeat (挫败) on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a victory (胜利) for us even if (即使) we 7 the game. But that wasn't what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia and 8 me one of the greatest thrills (兴奋感) of my life!
From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can affect the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves 9, and they build themselves into winners.
Winners are made, not 10.
