Perseverance

I think perseverance is when you just have to get through something or never give up. I am on the Cross Country team and what I've learned about the sport is that you never give up. You have to persevere. If you stop you place terribly and your times are bad too. An example of perseverance I think is the movie "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" when Timothy was at his first soccer practice he continually missed kicking the ball. Timothy stood back up smiling and the coach asked him why he was. Timothy's exact words were "I can only get better". A quote I prefer to use though to describe perseverance is "Fall seven times, Stand up eight." from a Japanese proverb. It just means you may fall but that doesn't mean you should stay down

Me at Sandy Valley Invitational in 2011