The Heart Of A Champion

If we have learned anything from our youth its to believe in yourself and PLAY with your heart and everything else will come to fruition. I watched this little league world series game for a lot of reasons. One was because I love watching championship caliber sports, two because the team was from Chula Vista (San Diego). Three because watching the kids play showed the the true heart of a champion, meaning playing for the love of the sport and not for money, collegiate scouts, or some type of contractual agreement, but strickly for the passion and ability to say I have accomplished a goal that I worked hard for. And four because I just wanted to watch something that could quite possibly go down as history being made.

No US Little League team has beaten another country in the last umpteen years. I'm not stat checking here, I am making a point. These kids had talent, the will to survive and the beliefs that they could actually do something they set out to do which was win the World Series Little League championship.

You could see early in the game when Chula Vista was down 0-3, Kiko Garcia was on the mound against Taiwan's best batter with some doubt in his eyes, but once he struck their all star player out, it was money in the bag! Confidence is everything, right? Believe in yourself. As @iamdiddy tweets consistently, GO BE GREAT!

Too many times as adults we lose the love that we had in the beginning for our respective passion because we get caught up in life. Bills, Money, Spouse, family and well life. These kids had passion and all they had to do was practice, eat their vitamins, say their prayers and believe in themselves, just like Hulkamania taught us.

I think we need to all take a lesson from Hulkamania and the Chula Vista Little League World Series Champions and once again regain our passion for life and not just walk like zombies in the Mill. I think them winning not just for Chula Vista (San Diego) but also USA proves that we can all be champions if we lift our heads up, believe in ourselves and stick our chest out!

Now, if we could get the OTHER San Diego powder blue team to win, we would REALLY have some celebrating to do. Sometimes it takes the kid in us to bring out the BEAST!