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-Lance Armstrong
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
-Theodore Roosevelt
Thursday, April 2
Rookie goalie stopps 13 shots in 2-0 weekend for UConn lacrosse!
March 30, 2009
STORRS, Conn. - Freshman Anna Wallingford (Littleton, Colo.) led the University of Connecticut lacrosse to a conference sweep and earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors. This is the first conference accolade for Wallingford who finished the weekend with a .448 save-percentage.
She faced 27 Cardinal shots on Sunday and made eight saves helping the Huskies to an 8-7 victory over the Louisville. Leading a Connecticut defense in holding the Cardinals to below half their goals scoring average, Wallingford helped UConn secure a 2-0 weekend.
Wallingford stopped five shots in Connecticut's 11-9 win against Cincinnati on Friday. She also won a draw control against the Bearcats.
The starting goalie in each of the last five contests, Wallingford's season goals-against average dropped by two after this weekend as she now leads the Huskies with an 11.24 GAA. She has a team-best .457 overall save percentage, spending 405:46 minutes in the cage thus far in her rookie campaign.
Saturday, February 7
Congratulations to Liz Datino on her signing a letter of intent to play lacrosse at U Cal Davis!
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Wednesday, May 21
I’m a high school player. I’m a team player. I play with my friends and with some of my enemies, but I respect everyone when it comes to my sport. I know I’m not going to get a multi-million dollar contract to play professionally. I know I may not even get my name in the paper. I play for the love of the game, for the pride and honor, for the blood, sweat and tears it takes to make the team, to earn the spot, to win the game. I play because I can, I play because I know that my life would be empty without the sport I play. I would have a lack of everything my sport gives me…integrity, courage, talent, fearlessness, pride, strength, stamina, will, and the heart of a champion. If I didn’t play, I would lose a part of me.
I’m an athlete. I’m a girl. I’m a champion, not because my team always wins, but because when we don’t, we learn from our mistakes. We try to fix them and most of all because we have fun. I have built lifelong friendships and memories because of my being an athlete. I leave everything on the field or court and continue to push myself. I am never happy with second place, but I have learned to accept it. I have learned to get over and through my anger and be the athlete and player I have always dreamt of being.
I don’t play for my parents, for my family, for my friends; I don’t play for my coach or my teachers or my school. I play for myself, but when I’m playing I represent them. It isn’t about winning or losing, but I hate to lose. I won’t settle for a tie, and I am satisfied with 100%. To play, you have to sacrifice everything, your body, your time, your sweat, blood, and tears, everything… for your team.
I am a player, an athlete, and a champion, not because I know what it is like to win, but because I know what it is like to lose. I know what it is like to feel the anger and pain that comes along with “second best”. I have been that girl with tears in her eyes, walking out to receive the second place trophy and clapping as the other team, my opponents, receive the first place one. I know what it is like to lose, to win, to want to quit, to want to cry, to not want to get up. I know what is like to hear the cheers and yells for you. I know what it is like to feel the pressure of everyone on your shoulders, and I know what is like to choke under that pressure.
I know what it means to be an athlete, a true player, and that is why I play.
A Cherokee elder once told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My child, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.
One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence,empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf wins?"
The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."
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