My name is Derek, I am 24 years old and live in Norwich, CT. I am a HUGE hockey fan! My one true love has, and always will be hockey. There is no greater game in the entire world, and I think that it is sad that more people aren't interested in the game because there is so much action and excitement at each and every game.
Great ESPN Columnist John Buccigross best described hockey in these four words: heart, courage and mental toughness
Heart: Hockey is a blood sport and the heart is the essential blood organ. A life can only be a life with something to be enthusiastic about. That is living from the heart. The act of skating -- with stick, puck and net -- is pure enthusiasm. All heart. It's the great mystery of the game and hockey's greatest value. A divine-like feeling of freedom, movement and action. When you think back on those moments on frozen outdoor ice, alone, can you ever imagine feeling more ALIVE?
Courage: This is the value that is needed to turn heart into a commodity. Everyone who loves skating has heart, but everyone who skates isn't a hockey player. Courage carries the heart and the dreams around the rink. There are nine other skaters, boards and glass. Courage enables the player to play as if he or she is skating on Lake Michigan, to play with freedom in narrow, cluttered spaces, ignoring the obstacles and charging on. A life can only be a life if you have the courage to go for your dreams.
Mental Toughness: The winners grind out shift after shift, day after day, with 100 percent effort. To relent is to die. Every stride, every shift, every day has purpose. Hockey is not meaningless for it is life and every bit of life should be purposeful. A life is only a life if you have the mental toughness to make every breath purposeful.
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You Are Guinness
You know beer well, and you'll only drink the best beers in the world.
Watered down beers disgust you, as do the people who drink them.
When you drink, you tend to become a bit of a know it all - especially about subjects you don't know well.
But your friends tolerate your drunken ways, because you introduce them to the best beers around.
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