No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners through 1 .
I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head 2 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 the 3 team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn't even practice to 4 the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, 5 to my disappointment we were beaten. I couldn't believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to realize that my dream 6 not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were depending on me. I had to change my 7 about their ability and potential.
I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. Most important, I began to treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed 8 holidays, we met every day and practised passing and kicking football.
Six months 9 suffering our defeat on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve. Finally, we faced the number 10 team in the state. I felt that it would be a victory for us 11 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 my life!
From the experience I learnt a lot about 12 the attitude（态度） of the leader can affect the members of the team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves 13 ，and they built themselves into 14 . Winners are made, not 15 .
