我从运动训练中收获了什么

在我少年时期，母亲总是想办法让我参加某种类型的体育运动，要么是棒球，要么是足球或篮球。在小学的时候，我就经常参加体育运动。然而，我从未真正爱上运动，直到上高中，我才与运动结下了不解之缘。

高中时，我曾一度因为种族和瘦弱的身材经常受到欺负。因此，我参加了Ken Lee教练的综合武术课程，在训练之前我就和Ken教练很熟，因为他的家人和我去同一所教堂。

刚开始训练时对我来说真是一段艰难的日子，因为我还没有养成训练习惯，尽管如此，我坚持了下来，培养了自己的纪律性和专注力，而我在训练之前是不具备这些特质的。

体育馆的每个人总是相互鼓励，特别是所有教练。透过他们与我们的谈话可以感受到，他们发自内心地相信我们每个人都具备潜力，不仅在体育馆，在生活中也可以获得成功。

得益于体育馆的训练，我现在自律性极高。没有那些训练，我不可能成为今天的自己。

-       Denzel J.，21岁.治学生. 夏威夷火奴鲁鲁

What I Learned from Trainingfor a Sport

While growing up as a youngster, my mother would alwaysfind a way to put me in some type of sport, whether it was baseball, soccer, orbasketball. I went to sports practice frequently in elementary school. However,I never really liked it and I thought that I was done with all sports uponentering high school.

In high school, I used to get bullied a lot because ofmy race and scrawny stature. As a result of that, I ended up taking up mixedmartial arts under the leadership of Coach Ken Lee. Iknew Coach Ken very well prior to training because his family attended mychurch.

When I first started training, I had a hard time becauseI still was a little immature with my training habits. Though, as I stuck withit, I developed this sense of discipline and focus that I never had beforetraining.

Everyone in the gym was always very encouraging,especially all of the instructors. The way in which they spoke to us showedthat they all truly believed in our potential for success in life, not just inthe gym.

It was through training that I developed that extremelevel of discipline that I have now. Without that, I wouldn’t be where I amtoday.

Denzel J., 21. Student. Honolulu, Hawaii

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