{"id":1625,"date":"2020-03-02T11:30:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T17:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2020-03-02T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T17:13:59","slug":"courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/2020\/03\/02\/courage\/","title":{"rendered":"Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by Ron Fox<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/731\/2020\/03\/Michael-Jordan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/731\/2020\/03\/Michael-Jordan.png 288w, https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/731\/2020\/03\/Michael-Jordan-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) calc(100vw - 50px), (max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 70px), (max-width: 991px) 429px, (max-width: 1199px) 637px, 354px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLeave it all on the court\/field\u201d is a sport\u2019s term for playing hard\u2026<em>until you have nothing left.<\/em>\u00a0When you think of an athlete who is a great example of \u201cleaving it all on the court,\u201d who comes to mind? Undoubtedly, many people think about the great Michael Jordan! Michael Jordan\u00a0<strong>played hard<\/strong>\u00a0every game, every quarter, every\u00a0<em>play<\/em>\u00a0of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s been quoted as saying, \u201cIf it turns out that my best wasn\u2019t good enough, at least I won\u2019t look back and say I was afraid to try.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaving it all on the floor isn\u2019t for the faint of heart&#8230;It takes vulnerability, confidence and\u00a0<strong>courage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It takes\u00a0<strong>courage<\/strong>\u00a0to play the game.<br>It takes\u00a0<strong>courage<\/strong>\u00a0to take the last shot.<br>It takes\u00a0<strong>courage<\/strong>\u00a0to trust a teammate and make that pass.<br>It takes\u00a0<strong>courage<\/strong>\u00a0to make a last second decision.<br>It takes\u00a0<strong>courage<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<em>play with heart<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we inch closer to the end of the school year, there is little doubt that you are tired. Sometimes, spectators steal your joy and teammates may frustrate you. My question for you this week is this\u2026despite the obstacles\u2026<strong>do you have the courage to \u201cleave it all on the court?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will probably never sell out a stadium full of excited fans, make the cover of a magazine, or be asked for our autographs.&nbsp;<strong>But\u2026<em>what impact are you making where you are, where you can?<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;You are a superstar to a lot of students and teachers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ron Fox \u201cLeave it all on the court\/field\u201d is a sport\u2019s term for playing hard\u2026until you have nothing left.\u00a0When you think of an athlete who is a great example &#8230;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/2020\/03\/02\/courage\/\" class=\"read-more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\"Courage\"<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":1626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-essential-8","category-tl","penguin-post"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/731\/2020\/03\/Courage-Heart.jpeg","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1627,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions\/1627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bryanisd.org\/textribune\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}