When I was playing ice hockey back in high school, my coach seemed to always have the words to influence us to break through our comfort zone. No Pain, No Gain. It just seemed to be a simple phrase Csaszar would say while he would make us do suicides the length of the rink to the point where you start seeing blue and red lines off the ice. It seemed tedious when he ran us through the body check drill, where you would skate along the boards and your teammates would hit and knock you down. He tells you the pain is there for you to become stronger, to become tougher. How am I stronger when I could barely roll out of bed the next day? Sure, we were the best team in our division. Newspaper journalists and parents always talk about how well we played. They think its the bond we have thats stronger than just a sports team. Some think its just natural talent. Well, I say natural talent can only take you so far and I have the scars to prove it.
No Pain, No Gain. The phrase still rings in my ear, but you have to realize how much sense it makes, not only when youre training or working out, but life in general. You can never achieve anything unless you work for it. And then it hits me. It may not show up as muscle aches or broken bones, but even through the obstacles we have in our lives. Life is full of pains and gains. You can learn and gain strength even when things seem to have no good to it. You gain nothing from turning away from your troubles, but to confront the pain and overcome it makes you stronger.
Looking back at all the ice packs and Advil that numbed the pain, learning a life lesson made it all worth it. It wasnt just about building up strength on the ice, but strength for life. It tells us that giving up on what you are trying to achieve is the worst thing you could do to yourself because you can gain more from the knowledge of trying than to have the regrets of what if.
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