COURAGE

          I am going to talk about something important today. Something that people don't understand how BIG it really is. This word is something that people don't have sometimes that can't move on. This word is so BIG that if kids don't see there peers hurt inside or that they can't fit in. This word I am talking about is what? It is "courage" courage is something that people need more of.A lot of people need to be able to talk to others more and tell them what they are really feeling or even thinking. I think that people at our school need to learn that people that aren't popular or can't afford things that others can. To tell you the truth I think that the preps at our school don't understand that some of our kids at school only come to school for there future when they wake up in the morning the last thing they want to do is to go to school but they have to for there future or to keep there life moving. Yes courage will help these people and maybe if they had a little more hope your probably thinking but just think they need our help. I am just saying help people even if it is just giving a pair of gloves and maybe showing some love to them to make them feel comfortable at our school make them want to actually come to school everyday. Make them get up and can't wait to be there 1st hour and be mad because they have to go home and not see the wonderful friends for a whole other day. That is what I have got to say about courage.

Rankings

     Rankings is the only thing that matter they say. The ranking is somebodies opinion they haven't seen them ever compete but they estimate. I don't go by the rankings wrestling is heart technique, you have to know what a\your doing. Last year I was not ranked I wrestled a kid that was ranked 2 and a kid ranked 3. When I wrestle these matches I think to myself and see hey I have got nothing to lose I go out there and do my best if I lose no big deal they are known more than I am. I went out there and I did what I had to do I wrestled my heart out and  I could'nt believe I actually did it. I wrestled my best I believed I could do it and I did it I won the match. This happend 2 times 2 different kids and I worked both kids. That is why I don't believe in the rankings I hate people that live off them and people that say this kid is going to kill this kid and this kid and that kid. I wish people could just wait and see and not predict but you know it's the know this. I am happy to say this and hope people actually quit predicting.

Leadership

      Leadership is a term. It's a term that we as wrestlers need if you don't show leadership on the mat it would be a disaster. It really shows when you are on a team that has leaders, leaders that know what there doing, leaders that follow what you do if your cutg weight they help you threw it. If you lose a match they talk you threw it and tell you what you did wrong and need help on. I think that our team has pretty good leadership there are teams out  there that they can't even stand there own team. I know that I don't like all my teammates but I still respect them and help them. I would wrather be on a horrible team that has good leader ship wrather than wrestling on a good team with bad leadership. This is personally my opinion I am sure a lot of other people disagree with me on all the things I have said but when you have people on the side of the mat that try to nake you win they actually care about us making moves improving position. That is a little thing I have to say about leadership because I was at a tournament this weekend that really didn't have a lot. Once there star wrestler loses they give up.