Post by marinersmedia on Jun 25, 2010 7:52:13 GMT -5
Coach Simpson Discusses the Importance of Teamwork and Sacrifice
BALTIMORE, MD (June 25, 2010) - I’m tired. I miss my wife. I miss my Pug Pepper. I miss sleeping in my own bed. I miss sitting in my chair and watching Ghost Hunters. Heck, I just miss being home.
The ebb and flow of a season takes its toll on the mind and the body. The challenges each week require a different burden to bear each day. The mundane and the routine become just that, mundane and routine. And, I love every minute of it.
Playing and coaching minor league sports requires a certain standard of commitment. It requires a greater level of sacrifice. It is not for the weak, the timid or those seeking an easier way of financial gain or fame. It is not for those unwilling to pay the price. There is a certain degree of nobility that comes with the sacrifices. We are, in a lesser sense, warriors and the game thrills us and stimulates us to do things greater than what we thought possible. We may play for “peanuts” but, we’ll do our darndest to make those peanuts into the best peanut butter you ever tasted.
As a team, we overcome obstacles every day. Nothing has been a total breeze for the Mariners organization. However difficult, we do it the right way. We don’t cheat or manipulate the system. We share that same mentality with the players. We will not allow them to go through the motions. It not only hurts those that play next to them, it also cheats each of them as an individuals. It is about the “team” and will always be about the “team”.
Michael Jordan made this comment about teamwork, “There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
It doesn’t matter whether you are in a corporate setting or playing football in an arena, teamwork is required to be successful. An individual cannot do it on his/her own without the help of others. It’s funny; life is like that as well. There are so many folks that surround us that help us get to where we want to go every day.
We wrap up our regular season with a big game against Reading. I don’t care about an undefeated season. What I care about is winning our next game. What I care about is that we successfully execute in all three phases of the game. The pressure is on Reading to win. They win; they’re in the post season. They lose, they are done. A little over a year ago Reading knocked us out of the playoffs. That, in its self, is motivation and incentive enough for us. The comforts of home can wait another five weeks. I have some unfinished business to tend to until then and it starts Saturday.
For more information about the Baltimore Mariners go to www.baltimoremariners.com.
BALTIMORE, MD (June 25, 2010) - I’m tired. I miss my wife. I miss my Pug Pepper. I miss sleeping in my own bed. I miss sitting in my chair and watching Ghost Hunters. Heck, I just miss being home.
The ebb and flow of a season takes its toll on the mind and the body. The challenges each week require a different burden to bear each day. The mundane and the routine become just that, mundane and routine. And, I love every minute of it.
Playing and coaching minor league sports requires a certain standard of commitment. It requires a greater level of sacrifice. It is not for the weak, the timid or those seeking an easier way of financial gain or fame. It is not for those unwilling to pay the price. There is a certain degree of nobility that comes with the sacrifices. We are, in a lesser sense, warriors and the game thrills us and stimulates us to do things greater than what we thought possible. We may play for “peanuts” but, we’ll do our darndest to make those peanuts into the best peanut butter you ever tasted.
As a team, we overcome obstacles every day. Nothing has been a total breeze for the Mariners organization. However difficult, we do it the right way. We don’t cheat or manipulate the system. We share that same mentality with the players. We will not allow them to go through the motions. It not only hurts those that play next to them, it also cheats each of them as an individuals. It is about the “team” and will always be about the “team”.
Michael Jordan made this comment about teamwork, “There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
It doesn’t matter whether you are in a corporate setting or playing football in an arena, teamwork is required to be successful. An individual cannot do it on his/her own without the help of others. It’s funny; life is like that as well. There are so many folks that surround us that help us get to where we want to go every day.
We wrap up our regular season with a big game against Reading. I don’t care about an undefeated season. What I care about is winning our next game. What I care about is that we successfully execute in all three phases of the game. The pressure is on Reading to win. They win; they’re in the post season. They lose, they are done. A little over a year ago Reading knocked us out of the playoffs. That, in its self, is motivation and incentive enough for us. The comforts of home can wait another five weeks. I have some unfinished business to tend to until then and it starts Saturday.
For more information about the Baltimore Mariners go to www.baltimoremariners.com.