大会顧問であるデストロイヤーさんから出場する選手にメッセージが届きました。大会パンフレットにも掲載していますが、とても気持ちのこもった文章です。現在、デストロイヤーさんは体調があまり良くなく、飛行機に長時間乗ることが大きな負担となるため、今大会への来賓を断念せざるを得ませんでした。しかし、選手達への熱い気持ちはアメリカ・ニューヨークから届きました。是非ともご覧いただけますようお願い申し上げます。
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親愛なる友人、そしてレスリング選手の皆さん
私はあらためて、今年のデストロイヤー杯港区レスリング大会に参
”全力を尽くす” この言葉について以前お話したことがあると思いますが、これは私
レスリングのマットの上では、私たちは常にレスリングに全力を尽
過去に私は、”ただここにいることは、何もしないよりはるかに良
しかし、”ただここにいる”ことも非常に大切だけれども、私たち
Gambare!!!
デストロイヤー
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My Friends and Fellow Wrestlers,
I am saddened to say that, once again, I will miss this year’s Minato Wrestling Championships Destroyer Cup. As you may know, I have been struggling with my health and recently had surgery on my heart. And until everything is healed, my doctors are strongly urging me to refrain from flying. I am deeply disappointed because after being honored with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays, I was hoping to celebrate with you all because you are all such a huge part of that tremendous award. However, while I cannot join you for this tournament, I do promise that I will work hard and do my very best so that I heal quickly and will be able to be with you all next year.
Trying hard to do my best is all I can promise you.
And that, really, is all any of us can promise each other and ourselves. “Try our best.” This is something we have talked about before, but it is something that we should strive for in all aspects of our lives. We should try our best at school, we should try our best at work, we should try our best at LIFE! You see, if you really try your best – if you put 100% into your effort, then no matter the outcome, success or failure, win or lose, you will know that you did your best. And believe me when I say that knowing you tried your best is most important.
On the wrestling mat, we should always strive to try our best to be a good wrestler! If you are going to step on the mat, you owe it to your coach and your teammates to try your best to be a good wrestler. But mostly you owe it to yourself. You see, time passes and never comes back. Most of you are young and you think you have infinite time, but even in your young lives, time passes even you. So you should always try to make the best use of your time. And on the wrestling mat, that means that you should try very hard to be a good wrestler.
In the past, I have written that “just showing up” is better than doing nothing. And that is still true – I still mean that sincerely: “Just showing up to participate is much better than not.” Just think of how many people you know who are, even on this very day, home doing nothing. Maybe watching TV or playing on the computer or internet, but really, they are not doing very much. And what about YOU? You are here! You have worked hard to be here! Just that fact alone makes you very special.
But even though “just showing up” is very important, let’s think a little about our time. IF we are going to show up, IF we are going to try … then WHY NOT try our hardest? Why not try our BEST to be a Good Wrestler! It is our time and we should use it wisely!
Try your hardest, and you will Be A Good Wrestler!
Gambare!!!
Your friend always,
The Destroyer