Quotable Sunday- Goals

It is Sunday and that means it is time to go over to A Daily Dose of Toni and join in the fun for Quotable Sunday. Last week was the first time for Quotable Sunday and I loved it. I loved reading everyone's quotes. So I am back for another week.

This week we have been talking a lot about goals, what they are, why you have them, how to achieve them. As most of you know Golfergirl loves golf and she has been taking lessons. She was watching the U.S. Open on TV last week and one of the golfers was talking about his goal was to get to play Sunday at the U.S. Open. Golfergirl asked what he meant by that. I explained that he wanted to play well enough in the tournament that he made the cut and got to play in the final rounds of the tournament. She looked at me and said if he wanted to play Sunday all he had to do was show up.

For those who do not play golf, in a professional golf tournament they play four days. The first two days everyone that is entered in the tournament plays. In order to get to play on the third and fourth day you must make the cut. Which means a number is set that players must meet in order to play. The number is different for each tournament because it based on the leaders score. It is complicated and that is not the purpose of this post, but I had to give a little background. Into why you can not just show up and be in the finial rounds.

After we talked about goals, I asked her what one of her goals was. She said " I am going to be the first girl to play the U.S.Open." I told her that was great and if she worked hard enough she could achieve it. I explained that it was not going to be easy ( she is not old enough to explain how hard it will be to get into a all male tournament ).

She told her coach today about her goal. I cringed at first not knowing what he was going to say. He looked at her, handed her a club and said lets get to working on that. She just beamed.

I am sorry about the long story today but I wanted to give some background on why I picked Goals for my quote. Golfergirl picked them out and we are going to frame them for her to look at in her room.

Goals

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.- Tom Landry

How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal and you have to be willing to work for it.
Jim Valvano

If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.- Alberto Salazar

I hope everyone has a great Sunday and be sure to go over to Toni's for some more great Quotable Sunday.