Spring Break
It's all about life choices
Jonnie Motomochi
Issue date: 11/6/09 Section: Sports
"Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together."
-Woodrow Wilson
How important are people around you? Think about it for a second. Think about all your friends and look at their parents. Is there a correlation of behavior? Take into consideration all the people who grew up in the "hood" and look at their mannerisms compared to those who grew up in the wealthy, "perfect" American family. Is there a difference?
It's a rhetorical question - of course there is. Life is all about choices, and choosing the people around you is definitely a big choice in your life. Almost all of us here probably have great friends and family supporting our pursuit of a degree and they are a huge reason why we are here. However, without the support of your family and closest friends, where would you be right now?
I know I certainly would not be here at Oregon State. The people around me told me that I should keep going and let nothing stand in my way. Other people have told me the opposite and told me that I can't make it in golf or in Oregon because "I'm useless," or something to that effect. Trust me, those people are not around me anymore.
I do not know about you, but I can't stand having negativity around. In golf, it is all around you and it is next to impossible to block it all out. "I can't do this," or "I suck," gets said more times in sports than "practice makes perfect" and "you can't let it affect you."
Dr. Jerry Lynch, a sports psychologist who works with the men's golf program and other teams here, says that he does not talk to people around his age because they are sluggish and have no energy. He tells us his friends are much younger and he chooses these people because he wants to have a high-energy life with nobody stopping him in his tracks.
Jerry is an amazing man. He is over 60 years old and still runs competitively. He is an unbelievable man to listen to, talk to and take advice from. He has worked with the best athletes in the world and has over 25 NCAA national titles as a sports psychologist. He fully believes that if you surround yourself with the right people and "do the right thing," life will head the direction you want it to go.
-Woodrow Wilson
How important are people around you? Think about it for a second. Think about all your friends and look at their parents. Is there a correlation of behavior? Take into consideration all the people who grew up in the "hood" and look at their mannerisms compared to those who grew up in the wealthy, "perfect" American family. Is there a difference?
It's a rhetorical question - of course there is. Life is all about choices, and choosing the people around you is definitely a big choice in your life. Almost all of us here probably have great friends and family supporting our pursuit of a degree and they are a huge reason why we are here. However, without the support of your family and closest friends, where would you be right now?
I know I certainly would not be here at Oregon State. The people around me told me that I should keep going and let nothing stand in my way. Other people have told me the opposite and told me that I can't make it in golf or in Oregon because "I'm useless," or something to that effect. Trust me, those people are not around me anymore.
I do not know about you, but I can't stand having negativity around. In golf, it is all around you and it is next to impossible to block it all out. "I can't do this," or "I suck," gets said more times in sports than "practice makes perfect" and "you can't let it affect you."
Dr. Jerry Lynch, a sports psychologist who works with the men's golf program and other teams here, says that he does not talk to people around his age because they are sluggish and have no energy. He tells us his friends are much younger and he chooses these people because he wants to have a high-energy life with nobody stopping him in his tracks.
Jerry is an amazing man. He is over 60 years old and still runs competitively. He is an unbelievable man to listen to, talk to and take advice from. He has worked with the best athletes in the world and has over 25 NCAA national titles as a sports psychologist. He fully believes that if you surround yourself with the right people and "do the right thing," life will head the direction you want it to go.
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