Training Camp
Masters Swimmer, Roger von Oech, writes a short post about his pool being invaded by Olympians and thoughts from Eddie Reese about what makes motivates these athletes to train as hard as they do.
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The one comment Eddie made that still sticks in my mind was his response to my question: "What motivates these Olympians?" He replied:
"If you ask a general population of athletes what motivates them, 80% will say something like 'the joy of winning.' The other 20% will say along the lines of 'I hate losing.'
"But 95% of the people here [i.e., the Olympians] are in the 'fear of losing' category. Their distaste for losing means they're prepared to work tremendously hard. But above all, it means that they are fierce competitors."
Interesting thought. And one that I've discovered has application in many other avenues of life beyond sports.
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Labels: 2008 US Olympic Team, Roger von Oech
posted by Michelle at
7/13/2008 10:12:00 PM
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Thanks for stopping by the Creative Think blog. All of the Stanford Masters are excited to have the Olympians here. They came for a two week training camp before the 2004 Olympics as well, so Brendan probably knows his way around downtown Palo Alto by now.
If Brendan would like his very own Ball of Whacks (just like the one I gave Eddie), have him contact me (email me through my site).
Good luck to Brendan in Beijing!
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Roger von Oech, at 7/13/2008 11:30 PM
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