1. (2022高一下·邵阳期中) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own1.

I learned this lesson from a(n)2many years ago. I took the head coaching job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program. 

It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the3team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn't even practice to4the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn't5 I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to  6that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were 7me. I had to change my8about their ability and potential. 

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little9. Most important, I began to treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their10, we met every day and11passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our defeat on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to12. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a victory for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn't what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest thrills of my life! 

From the experience I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can13the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and14them. I helped them to see themselves15, and they built themselves into winners.

Winners are made, not born.