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Article: TO GO FOR GOLD, USE STRENGTH IN YOUR HEART.(Capital Region)

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July 20, 2008
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What makes a championship athlete? Is it attitude, confidence, courage, desire, determination, discipline, endurance, fitness, mental toughness, perseverance, physical ability, self-discipline or visualization?

It's probably a little bit of all these characteristics. It's also a lot of heart. There's no denying the heart of a champion.

I'm headed to China for the Summer Olympic Games for 17 days, and I'm all fired up to experience the heart of the gold-medal winners. Watching the men's Wimbledon final was a great prelude. Having been a tennis tournament player, I've long been a tennis junkie, but that was the best match I've ever seen. Two greats - ...

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