What are you willing to do for a gold medal?

For many this dive is not exactly the best way to earn the gold at the olympics but think about this: you have trained your whole life for a moment like this, you gave it all, put your life as you know it aside for years, you lead the race and in the final sprint your nearest competitor is running step by step with you, what are you willing to do for a gold medal?

Shaunae Miller from Bahamas with her last breath dove for it. She edged American Allyson Felix by .07 seconds to deny Felix a fifth Olympic gold. It really was a thrilling finish.

Miller’s unorthodox dive is an Olympic moment to remember.

Jesse Owens after becoming the first athlete ever to win four gold medals in track and field at the olympic games in Berlin in 1936 said:

«If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard.»

There are plenty of life lessons we can learn from moments like this, it is not only about trying to win, is about giving it all for the thrill of victory.

While a few cuts and bruises for Miller are almost guaranteed, it seems a price worth paying in the pursuit of Olympic glory.

Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this and the back yard is not only a track in the forest, a park in the city, or the school’s gym. It is also the office in the corner, a big sales conference, or the final exam presentation. Just keep on working and dreaming on your big moment.

Who knows, maybe someday you will have to dive for the gold.

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