Well, I am pretty disappointed. I'll keep this brief because I am pretty mad. I lost my first match to a German, I was very lackadaisical in my wrestling and lost out of the clinch, and then 2-2. Had lots of opportunities and didn't take them. I needed to be mentally focused and I wasn't.
I'm reading Good to Great by Jim Collins and he talks about the the Stockdale paradox. Stockdale was a POW in Vietnam for 8 years and did 2 things: Faced reality and also held firmly to his belief that things would work out in the end. I think I need to take those lessons and apply them to my training/wrestling right now.
All 4 of my teammates are in the finals tomorrow, Travis Cross at 84 kg had the best match of the day, he beat the German who was 5th in the Olympics. After the finals in the morning, we travel to Amsterdam where we spend the night before I fly home and get back on Monday night. Probably won't have internet access until then.
Thanks for the messages, I appreciate the support, Matt
If you did your best, then thats that..... if you didn't, then stick it to the nexy guy. You'll make it happen
Rest of the team did very well, we have a very good team! 55kg John Pineda Gold 66kg Haislan Garcia Gold 84kg Travis Cross Silver 120kg Arjan Bhullar Gold
You'll bounce back, you always have a great comeback. I fly home wednesday and i'll be home in gp the following wed am, so I'll see you soon! looking forward to seeing you and being home! safe travels.
posted by Jake. K. (7/31/2009 at 20:18)
55kg John Pineda Gold
66kg Haislan Garcia Gold
84kg Travis Cross Silver
120kg Arjan Bhullar Gold
posted by The Matt Gentry (6/9/2009 at 10:39)
posted by Kelsey (6/7/2009 at 05:30)
posted by hip (6/6/2009 at 20:23)
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