Veritas

Roman for "truth". Being true unto thyself should be a rule of thumb for any competitive goalkeeper. Truth should set the rules of your life, and how you train as a competitive goalkeeper. Not knowing whom you are, what strengths you have and what weaknesses you can rectify in your training program has a slow way of grinding you down both physically and mentally. Someone lied to me yesterday, and I was upset about it until I realised that this goalkeeper is in fact…brilliant.

When you visualize whom you want to be as a competitive goalkeeper, you have outlined a linear path to growth. In effect you don’t have three different paths, you have one, and it is directed toward a defining goal. Really great goalkeepers, unbeknownst to themselves or not create a powerful direction toward whom and where they want to be in the future, and that is the hallmark of being true to yourself.

Although I won’t suggest whom you are, you may not realize that you have done something brilliant. You’ve changed your name and your location, you’ve been shooting for the stars, you have been chasing the truth as you want to know it. There is nothing wrong with visualizing whom you want to be, whether you are the local lad in a Sydney park, favelas of Rio or the dusty deserts of the Sahara, great athletes envision their true self, and with great determination and will power achieve truth. So, be true to yourself, success will surely follow…whomever you really are.