gymnastics training poem

Just to clear things up, i did NOT write this but i did make the video : )

Patience is a man's greatest virtue,
or so the saying goes.
A gymnast must have said it,
for a gymnast surely knows!
That in this funny sport of ours,
discouragement runs high.
And even the very best will find
this virtue has passed us by.
When hands are ripped and throbbing,
when every muscle's sore,
will a gymnast still have patience
to limp in the gym for more?
When you've lost old moves
and progress seems slow,
will you still have faith in better days,
and not feel sad and low?
Can you admit your frightened,
yet not give in to fear?
Can you conquer pain and frustration
and often even tears?
When someone else does something,
you've tried so long to do...
can you still be happy for her,
or just self-pitty for you?
And when success seems far away,
your efforts all in vain,
can you force yourself to wear a smile
and disregaurd the pain?
If despite the pain and tribulations,
you can say "I won't give in"
Maybe some day you'll discover
that its now your time to win.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• gymnastics
• training
• poem
• montage
• gymnast
• pain
• success

[choongy561]

wow this poem is AMAZING i swear this poem has got 2 be published or somthing its amazing wow and u wrote it u have some talent in writeing poems and makeing montages! :D

[chachakid]

actually i found this poem years ago somewhere and i cannot for the life of me remember where i red it but thank you for your comment : )

[thelillypig]

at 0:32 is that actually a clip of shawn johnson crying?

[chachakid]

I think she's just wiping sweat off her face.

[ModelChic242]

is it by Mozart?

[chachakid]

beethoven i believe

[LosingTheConnection]

i love this

so true!!!

i know that even if im tired/sore/or watever, i never miss a training session. if i could i would live at my gym!!! i would train 25/7 if i could!!!

[bobmarleyizdaman]

this video is just so beautiful, i mean i love it so much, everything in it is so true. and when i am having a bad day after a rlly hard practice and i wanna quit, i watch this video and say to myself "I WONT GIVE IN"

[gymnastics1344hockey]

who wrote this poem?

[Bchampion23]

haha we have a big poster in my gym with that poem on it. so when ever we are leaving its right next to the door . haha

[TarnishedSky]

This is beautiful. Gymnasts thank you for giving this out to the world. Icluding me <3

[gymnastgirl131]

Hey that is so true after state we all got those poems on a piece of paper reminding us how hard it was to do that! I honestly luv this poem and ya thanks for making it!

[Zamolodchikovafan16]

How true this poem is, and well done for putting the montage together so well to go with the words!

[zone228]

Great Montage and musical selection. I think that Poem maybe based on or inspired by an earlier poem called "If" by Rudyard Kipling. Maybe it isn't, maybe it's just truth. Truth resonates throughout the ages - Timeless Beauty. "If" is recited on youtube by username: SpokenVerse. He also has many more great readings of some of the greatest poems in History too. And no, I am not getting commissions for recomending him lol. Thnx for posting.

[lilyliukin]

i am going through really hard times in gym right now cuz im falling behind everyone and losing old moves and i have been trying my skills for seven months now. i am so close, but i just cant get it

[gymstar6506]

@LosingTheConnection exact same for me!

[shortstuff21313]

great videon and poem!

[lilyliukin]

All these quotes relate to me. Everytime I can frustrated and feel like crying, I think about this poem. It makes me get up and keep going.