Motivational Stories to Inspire

Posted on October 4th, 2008 by admin in Motivational Stories

Here is one of the most wonderful motivational stories which came to light recently. The USA Olympic swimmer Dara Torres is highly self motivational in her outlook on life but admits it helps to focus on what others think of you and internalise it. The 41 year old is the oldest Olympic swimmer and was still able to carry off three silver medals at the recent Beijing games. She admits to beginning to feel a failure after not achieving an individual gold in her fifth Olympiad in a row despite an overall tally of 12 medals. While achieving her success in Beijing it was not without its challenges as she was being given cortisone injections for a shoulder injury. She said she was in such pain in Beijing, it hurt to have her swimsuit strap in contact with her shoulder. However she has used the amazing support from the general public about her success to banish any self doubts about her ability.

Dara admits she has been here before. After the Sydney Olympics in 2000 where she picked up five medals including three individual bronze she went into a low in her self esteem for several months. However this time she has been able to be more self motivational by internalising that feedback from fans of many sports. Being invited to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a recent Yankees home game against the Chicago White Sox she was amazed at the reaction she got from the players who saw her as a sporting hero. Women in general and middle aged mothers find her a true inspiration as someone who can keep going even when the ultimate goal of the individual gold medal has been so illusive. But surely the greatest of motivational stories is that Lance Armstrong, the cyclist and cancer survivor, has attributed Dara’s perseverance as his inspiration for ending his retirement and to focus on the Tour de France once again.

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