Last night, I watched, on television, a very interesting interview to Vicente del Bosque (National Football Coach, in Spain), because he has just published a book entitled: "Ganar y perder. La fortaleza emocional" ("Winning and losing. Emotional strength").
Vicente del Bosque
Below the picture,over the red colour, you can read: The effort and humility, keys to success in sport and in life.
But, after the interview, I was reading a news website and I read the sad news of the death of Colin Vearncombe (Known as BLACK, a British singer, who popularized the song "Wonderful Life" after being fired, from his former record company, in 1985).I felt a great pity, when I read the news, because I loved that song, since I was young. And also because he was very young, when he has died.
Therefore, I want to pay a little homage to Colin and send my deepest condolences to his family.
Colin will surely think, now in heaven: "I am now living my real wonderful life" . And paraphraseing a part of this song, No need to laugh and cry, because everything is perfect, there in Heaven.
If you want to remember his song, please click on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6pFdM4Whm0
Rest in peace, Colin !.
Well, but now I am going to talk you about the interview to Vicente del Bosque.
Vicente has published that book, because he wanted to convey that "the effort and humility are keys to success, in sport and in life". If you read this book, you will learn how to walk through life, because it has little bit theory and much practice. For example, Vicente says in it: “You must educate in defeat”, because he has found that, when a match or a Championship is lost, you win emotional strength; emotional balance is gained, to know how to lose, that is not easy.
Vincente also speaks of the difference between "Defeat and failure" and says that "defeat" is something athletic, you can compete and win or lose; but an athlete never fails, because someone has to lose. And as an example, a few days ago, he was, in the draw for the European Championship in Paris, and they were 24 Selectors, on stage, and Vicente was thinking inside: "23 Selectors from here they will fail"; but this is not true, they do not fail, they only lose and only win one of the 24.
Vicente also says, in the book, that, when the Selection loses a match or fit a goal, he feels a warm inside, that he can not control. The interviewer tells him: "But only inside, because outside nobody notice anything ...”. And he answered: “I like that, between victory and defeat, not much will be noted ... that, if I go out in a press conference, the journalists, who begin to ask, if someone has not watched the game, I would like that it did not know if we won or lost, because, when you win, you seem ironic, very sarcastic; and, when you lose, you usually blame the referees. Sometimes, I do not get it, but I would like to maintain that cautious tone”.
Del Bosque insists that he prefers to be quiet, but on the bench, more than standing on the sidelines, because an assistant can advise him.
In addition, he says that if you are nervous, upset, you can not make good decisions, because you are not concentrated on the game plan.
Vicente has also helped, along with the Foundation "Juegaterapia" and thanks to the money raised, with anonymous SMS, sent by many people, to build gardens, in hospitals, for sick children. The first one, which was built, was in the "Hospital La Paz", in Madrid. The second was in the "Hospital 12 de Octubre", also in Madrid. And soon, it shall be built one in the "Hospital La Fe", in Valencia.
If you want to watch how the technician built the park, in the Hospiatal La Paz, please click below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XWOfwewboo
At the beginning of the video, a child exclaim: “Start the works…!!!!!”
And a lady answered: “Very well…., let us see, let us see it…Look at the labourers….!!!”
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Another child: “Thanks for the garden of the Hospi”
And then, you can read: And now…..For the garden of the Hospital 12 de Octubre.
And another child is talking about his dream about playing in the garden; but I do not understand what he says at the beginning of his sentences. This is what I understood: “An amusement park, my doctor from the 12 de Octubre, with a child who is sick ..... This afternoon, as I will behave very well and I will play with all the children and then I will play with other children”
Well, I hope that you have liked this last news, about the gardens in hospitals; but also, of course, about the Vicente del Bosque´s book.
Until my next post, kind regards,
Luis.
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