The Power of One: Tim McDiffett

Posted At : August 13, 2008 1:00 AM
Related Categories: Fiction

Taken from The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, published by Random House.

Contributed by Sharon Davidoff of Seattle. Read by Tim McDiffett: "As associate director of athletics at the University of Alaska Anchorage, I see how talented young men and women reach further than they thought possible and attain remarkable achievements." Tim joined the UAA athletic staff in 1981 and has served since 1991 as associate athletic director, overseeing the department's external functions. He received his bachelor's degree from Kansas State University, and he and his wife, Mary, have 10 daughters. Tim's website of choice: Alzheimer's Disease Resource Agency of Alaska.

In The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, Peekay, a boxer, says:

"I had even taught myself never to consider the consequences of losing a fight. ... [never to rob] the will of its single-minded concentration to win.
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The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, often well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete; the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder, hit further, or box better. ... "First with the head and then with the heart" was more than simply mixing brains with guts. It meant thinking well beyond the powers of normal concentration and then daring your courage to follow your thoughts."

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