Re: 2012 Women's Worlds
I posted the article mainly because I found the mentoring program to be a step in the right direction. I hope they continue to follow through with it and help make the programs in some of these other countries more competitive.
I included the quote on smoking because it caught me totally off guard. To me it merely demonstrates that not all of the players in some of these other countries are have a strong work ethic, because if you are serious about improving your performance as a world-class athlete you obviously don't smoke cigarettes. And if their coaches are aware of it but look the other way, then they can't be very serious about making their team better either. Even it involves just a few players, it speaks volumes about the level of their commitment. As the saying goes, "you can't help those who don't want to help themselves".
And while I can't speak for Team Canada, I personally doubt very much that any of the U.S. players smoke cigarettes, even on occasion. I'll just leave it at that.
Originally posted by canadahockey26
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I included the quote on smoking because it caught me totally off guard. To me it merely demonstrates that not all of the players in some of these other countries are have a strong work ethic, because if you are serious about improving your performance as a world-class athlete you obviously don't smoke cigarettes. And if their coaches are aware of it but look the other way, then they can't be very serious about making their team better either. Even it involves just a few players, it speaks volumes about the level of their commitment. As the saying goes, "you can't help those who don't want to help themselves".
And while I can't speak for Team Canada, I personally doubt very much that any of the U.S. players smoke cigarettes, even on occasion. I'll just leave it at that.
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