The Will to Win

One of the things that we forget as Sports Fans is how much of any game is Mental. This past week we had a great reminder of that in Syracuse's 6 Overtime victory over Connecticut in the Big East Tournament. After having a last second shot (that was initially ruled good) waved off-Syracuse went through 5 OT's and not ONCE in any of those overtimes did they lead- and yet they collectively REFUSED TO LOSE. They were constantly fighting an uphill battle, there top players had either fouled out or were running on fumes-at one point in the 6th (and final) OT they had a walk-on who grabbed is first rebound of the Season !

What is it that Set's the greats apart ? It is the Mental Approach to the Game that Set's the great one's apart-there are many outstanding golfers and yet only Tiger Woods has his incredible ability to stay focused and desire to win. The same was true of Michael Jordan . All of the true greats have that incredible ability to stay mentally focused-which is so rare in ANY human being.