Motivational: Don't Lie to Yourself

This is a story about realizing one's potential...and about what tends to hold us all back from realizing our potential.It was the spring of 1982 and I was coaching girls' track in a small southern Iowa town. There was a young discus thrower on the team, Jill, a sophomore who had tremendous potential.
At the end of our workout the Friday before the Monday district track meet, Jill came to me and asked if she could come to the school on Sunday after lunch for a little extra workout. I said, "Sure." We would meet at 1:00 and go through a 40-45 minute workout.
I knew why Jill wanted the extra fine tuning. The year before, as only a freshman, she had placed second in the discus at the district meet and narrowly missed going to the state meet in Des Moines.
This young lady had won every discus event, in every varsity meet as both a freshman and sophomore, except that district event the year before! And, her throws in competition had always been between 106' 1" and 110' 10". Very consistent. Very good for so young.
But, something began to bother me. Something that I didn't know how to fix until it hit me that sunny Sunday in 1982.
What bothered me was why this young athlete couldn't seem to get the discus two more inches to 111 feet? Only two more

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