Thursday, May 18, 2006 Remember that day in 2002? That quarter-final match. Remember how I was injured and we were given the penalty. You went up and scored for us. The whole team managed to contain the eventual champions even though we were like one man down. We all know how it ended, but the point is that at that point in time, I felt like you did. I didn't want to give up on myself, and I know you guys didn't give up on me still.We are a team. If one of us is down, the rest of us will cover for that person. We do not consider it as a burden, but as a responsibility, because we know the person has tried his best. We could have simply just given up yesterday after you left the field. But we knew you tried your best, and that taking away a victory was important to you. We ran our hearts out even though most of us wasn't in the best condition to play that day. I, we, definitely feel that you still have it in you. I would not allow any of my players to give up on themselves before I, or the team, give up on them, which is never. Let's just take yesterday's victory as an experience to not play at a street soccer pace in a 90 minutes field game. No one's to blame for having cramps. So John, I seriously urge you to reconsider giving up on yourself. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. |
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aoi's design from SCRATCH 2004
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