You Have to Realize Something.
Right now, at this exact moment, there are two teams playing in the Stanley Cup Final. That's about 50 hockey players competing for the greatest trophy in sports.
Think about that.
Out of all the hockey players in the world, only about 50 are still playing for the Stanley Cup.
That fact should teach you something.
But you have to be careful, because there are two ways to look at it.
The first way is the way most people look at it.
They look at those 50 players and think, "Wow, the odds are impossible."
Whenever I talk to people about making it to the NHL, somebody always throws out a statistic.
"You only have a 0.0003% chance."
Or something like that.
Then they tell me how impressive it is that I made it.
And they're right about one thing.
It's hard.
When I think back to youth hockey, almost nobody I grew up with made it.
Nobody from my hometown played Division 1 hockey.
When I think about junior hockey and college hockey, only a handful of players ever made it to the NHL.
So yes, it's a difficult road.
But there's another way to look at those 50 players.
Every single one of them started somewhere.
Every one of them was once a kid going to practice.
Every one of them had bad games.
Every one of them got cut from something, struggled with confidence, faced adversity, and wondered if they were good enough.
They went through the same battles you're going through right now.
The difference is that they kept going.
They failed, and they kept going.
They got knocked down, and they kept going.
They faced long odds, and they kept going.
At some point along the journey, all that chasing added up.
And suddenly they were there.
Playing for the Stanley Cup.
When I look at my own hockey career, that's what happened to me.
I just kept chasing.
I kept nipping.
I kept gnawing.
I kept clawing.
And one day I found myself standing on NHL ice.
So when I see those 50 players competing for the greatest trophy in sports, I don't see impossible odds.
I see proof.
Proof that it can happen.
The question is:
What's stopping you?
What's stopping you from really going for it?
That's one of the most important questions you'll ever ask yourself.
And if your answer is, "Nothing is going to stop me," then there is only one thing left to do.
Keep climbing.
Keep improving.
Keep getting a little bit better every day.
Over months.
Over years.
Over decades.
That's the path.
The players in the Stanley Cup Final didn't arrive there overnight.
They climbed.
Now it's your turn.
Wraparound is here to help you on that journey.
Keep climbing.
Knuckles up,
Bobby Robins, savage motivator, NHL Alum, Writer for Wraparound
P.S. The Wraparound lets you train with your own stick off the ice all summer long, so when tryouts arrive in the fall, you're ready because you put in the work when nobody was watching.
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