I dedicated my "It's Me, Tony Lee" column to the athletes this week. I truly wish the athletes and coaches the best and I hope I get to write multiple articles about OCC players winning conference and state titles.
Great poets like W.B. Yeats and Robert Frost, had an uncanny talent for describing what goes on in a human being. But when it comes to describing what an Orange Coast College athlete goes through during the month of April, no one explains it better than the modern poet Eminem.
Just look at the athletes yourself. Their palms are sweaty. I bet their knees feel weak and arms are heavy. It’s obvious that they’re nervous even though on the surface they look calm and ready.
Like Eminem said, the mood’s all changed.
The hundreds of hours of practice, the hundreds more in the weight room, the thousands of hours they’ve spent playing their sport throughout their lifetime will come down to a couple of minutes.
This is a moment athletes live for. It’s a chance at the biggest stage to make themselves kings or queens. They know being a normal athlete is boring but rising to superstardom is close to perfection.
The nerves, the jitters and the butterflies are all worth it because if they perform to their potential, the world is theirs for the taking.
So I have one question for the OCC athletes: If you had one shot or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted, would you capture it or let it slip?
You better lose yourself in that moment, you better own it and you better never let it go. Do not miss your chance for greatness because this opportunity comes once in a lifetime.
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