No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own _______.

I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head _______ job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the _______ team at the end of the spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to _______ the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win,_______ to my disappointment, we were beaten. I couldn’t believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to know that my team _______ not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were depending on me. I knew I had to change my _______ about the ability and potential(潜力).

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. Most importantly, I began to treat them as winners. Instead of feeling discouraged, the members were in high spirits. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their _______, we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the football on the school football field.

Six months _______ suffering our defeat on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve. Finally, we faced the number ________ team in the state. I felt that it would be a victory for us ________ we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys ________ the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the most exciting events of my life. All of us jumped up and down with excitement, most of them even cried.

From the experience I learn a lot about ________ the attitude of the leader can affect the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves ________, and they built themselves into winners.

Winners are made, not ________.