Champions

i want to talk about being a champion.

being a champion for an event, the most prestigious event of your sport may be the best thing ever. you may get the best feeling out of it. you may want to show that world and be really proud of it that you, YOU are a champion of the event.

you may be the champion of:
- Wrestlemania, but a loser at Armageddon, Survivor Series, Cyber Sunday.
- The FA Cup, but a loser at the Champions League
- The Singapore F1 Grand Prix, but a loser at the Monaco Grand Prix
- Wimbledon, but a loser at all the Masters Series
- Singapore River Regatta, but a loser at MR 500

Republic Polytechnic Dragon Boat Team managed to claim 4 golds at Singapore River Regatta 2008. but does it mean they'll get everything from the next race, MR 500? it may be the case, it also may not be.

as champions, you tend to get too high of yourself. you may not want to train as hard because you're already the champion and your other opponents, well, their just losers. but to me, the winners among the losers are those who will train even harder to bring down the champions, which is what the current champions have to be afraid of.

it doesn't mean that if you're a champion, you'll stay there forever. you may be at an all time high now, but the table might just turn.

don't be a snob and train like you'll win the next race easily. i've seen people like that, having too much complacency, and train without putting effort. some of them may look like they've train really hard. But the question is, what is their motive of training, and did they put their heart into it? now, i'm not saying that i'm the best sportsman in the world and i put my heart into every single training, but i know that there is no room for complacency.

i've told some people that the as champions, we're the ones that will slack more. i also did mention that the losers behind are the once that train the hardest, because they would want to win even more. it's only the reason why the other teams are catching up so fast, and we're more or less stagnont.

one heart of a fighter is not enough for a boat that needs the mental and physical power of 20 rowers. men and women of RPDB, we've got to do it together so that we'll win more in the coming months or even years. the legacy of RPDB should never die. i say, even if we should die, we'll have to pull ourselves up, and revive into greater fighters. let complacency not take our spirit away, let us remain as the great fighters as we were at SRR 08. we've turned shit into gold, and we'll do it again, TOGETHER.

come on RPDB, let's rock all other races and fight as champions, with the mindset of wanting to win.


"Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is"
"Today's success may not equate to tommorow's glory'