"When you feel like giving up, what do you do?"

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I heard Shaquille O’Neal of the NBA championship Miami Heat interviewed recently. It was immediately following the Heat’s final victory to secure the championship.

The interviewer asked him what was the secret to their winning the championship. Basically, Shaq said, “You’ve got to keep coming out to play hard every game. Even though you may win only one game and lose ninety-nine, you’ve got to play hard every day and know that you’re going to win some games.”

There’s a lot of truth in Shaq’s statement. Some days you don’t feel like playing. You might choose not to practice that day or not show up for a game. The winners show up any way.

You might get down on yourself, quit believing that you can win while you’re losing all of those games. So you could choose to give up. The winners play hard any way.

Today, when you don’t feel like it or are down on yourself, show up and play hard any way. God honors you as a champion when you do.

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