No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own hard1 .
Several years ago，I was a leader of a football team in a small school. It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the 2 team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach，and they didn't even practice to 3 the game. Being the leader of the new team，I was excited because I knew we were going to win，but we lost the game. Everyone in the team felt blue.
Thinking hard about it，we，came to realize that we had to 4 the attitude（态度） about our ability and potential （潜力）. We started doing everything we could to5 our confidence. Most importantly，we began to regard ourselves like winners. That summer，when the other teams enjoyed their vacations，we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the 6 . Six months later，we won our first game and our second，and continued to 7 . Finally，we faced the number one team in our city. We felt that it would be still a victory for us even if we lost the game. 8 that wasn't what happened. We beat the best team and that gave us one of the greatest excitement of our life!
I learned a lot from the experience. 9 seeing ourselves as losers，we pushed and encouraged each other. We tried our best to see ourselves10 . We built ourselves into winners. Winners are made，not born.
