http://christymckenna.net/blog/archives/1548 telling our story Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:55:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://christymckenna.net/blog/archives/1548/comment-page-1#comment-9994 JHale Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:56:37 +0000 http://christymckenna.net/blog/?p=1548#comment-9994 Well described, well reasoned and well done account of the injustice and 'slight' Jack had to go through. I am proud he handled it properly and accepted it for what it was...'hometownism" and "favoriteism," not athletic competition. Not much of a place in sports, with earnest competitors, for either of those. It's been my experience in sports competition that the athletes who are well trained, properly coached, having an inner drive/motivation to succeed, always competitive, and who play by the rules as individual and team athletes will almost always win the letter, medal, trophy, award, etc. I think I just described Jack and Owen McKenna...and some one-time teammates of mine...who did their best on the field and mat, put that day in their rear view mirror and began preparation for the next event in which success was abundant. So too, the events/games after that. The criers and whiners won't find real, earned success. Let them cry. Well described, well reasoned and well done account of the injustice and ‘slight’ Jack had to go through. I am proud he handled it properly and accepted it for what it was…’hometownism” and “favoriteism,” not athletic competition. Not much of a place in sports, with earnest competitors, for either of those. It’s been my experience in sports competition that the athletes who are well trained, properly coached, having an inner drive/motivation to succeed, always competitive, and who play by the rules as individual and team athletes will almost always win the letter, medal, trophy, award, etc. I think I just described Jack and Owen McKenna…and some one-time teammates of mine…who did their best on the field and mat, put that day in their rear view mirror and began preparation for the next event in which success was abundant. So too, the events/games after that. The criers and whiners won’t find real, earned success. Let them cry.

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