My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons.
While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.
My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be ready to learn. If you're not interesting in learning, it doesn't work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information, learning was a lot easier.