The Truth

I think it is crazy how you can go through something and it seem so long yet in reality, it is a very short period of time. You can truly find out someones character... Who they really are, when things go wrong or bad. There are very few times I look back on and say that I wish I would have done things differently. I don't have very many regrets. However, as I look back on my second season, there are many things I can say that I am proud of such as a better season than last year, a 15-3 record, as well as getting to host a semi-final game in the conference tournament. However there is only one point that I wish I could take back. It is amazing how sometimes wins and losses get to me and I only remember the losses. I lost it. As I look back on everything, that is the only point that I would have changed and done things differently. Sometimes, as a coach, it is very difficult for me to remember that it isn't the game of soccer that I love the most, it's the people involved. They are what make it and I epically failed on that particular day. I keep reading about John Wooden and how he demanded so much... excellence... perfection... from his players that they will remember him for the rest of their lives. That is the legacy that I want to leave; not one of someone who gets caught up in winning and losing. I need to keep remembering that if I teach the right values that wins will come because of the character.. however.. I also must be willing to live by it.. 

We only truly find ourselves when we face the Truth.