15 - Filipino Athletes

Yes! Without any doubt, I say that we Filipinos are not born superstars in the field of sports. Filipinos don’t have the right physique, the height, agility and other factors that is used mainly in sports, but the thing I believe and I am sure about is that we can be superstars.

Justin V. Besmano is my name. I list five reasons on why the Philippine Government should support our very own athletes. This reasons are not just things concerning the athletes, but also traits that athletes possess that they should consider.

“Hard work”. Pertains to the characteristics of Filipinos. We all know that if we Filipinos want to succeed, we to put more time in training. We put our life to training to be able to reach our goal and become the best.

That is right! No one can ever question the hardworking attitude that athletes put in training, but the big question is that: Do we have correct places and correct equipment to make their training successful? For me, there is none.

We don’t have gyms, facilities and other equipment for our athletes to practice on. Athletes will ever improve if they don’t have these so the Government should stress a point to that. It is one factor to consider why they should support Filipino athletes.

Second on my list is the term “Potential. In terms of sports, Filipinos have a lot of potential. I can see that we are born sports minded meaning we are naturally addicted to sports from the moment we were born. And I think that potential will start there.

Passion is for me the reason why there is potential. If we are passionate about something we put too much attention to that, and after skills are starting to grow and the true potential in every athlete will sooner arise.

Although athletes are passionate and contains lot of potential, there are some person where their talents are not maximized properly. There are athletes who is better than the current players who are playing but the never got the attention because of lack of support. They should find a way to solve that.

Third, we are competitors. We love the fact that we are representing someone against other teams. And it is an honor to represent our country. An unbelievable feeling. With that I can say that even though you are not an athlete we are “Competitors”

To further explain, let me give you one example. In school, we love competing with our friends in terms of academics, we want to win over our classmates. That thing is just the same as competing with foreigners. Filipino athletes want to show the world the strength of Filipinos in terms of sport. Although sometimes we are not winning at least we show to the world what Athletes in the Philippines can do.

Showing the talents of Filipinos is something that we should be proud of. A precious thing that government should not put into waste. They may give extra reward just to show appreciation for what they have done and also to motivate athlete to do better next time.

Fourth is “Big Heart”. This two words refer to the ability of Filipino to engage in different kinds of problems that usually we are underdog. A term that also refers to the strongest armor that the athletes here in the Philippines have.

Filipino athletes shows the heart of a true Filipino. They fight for their country as they are fighting for their lives. Athletes fight even though they know that there is a big gap between them and other foreign athletes in terms of their talent.

In return, just to be fair, Government should also have this big heart in supporting the athletes. It should be fair, Give and take. They should implement law that concerns about providing funds to buy equipment and facilities to provide good and quality training for our very own athletes.

Lastly, I will repeat what I have said earlier, we are not born superstars but we are born to be superstars. And also, as everybody knows, we are born happy, crazy and I may say as for the last reason is we have “Thick face”. It brought impact about being an athlete and as a person as well.

  

Having thick face for me is not bad, it is just something related to being proud of who you are. This thing is consider as one of the weapon that we Filipinos always bring. With the help of this trait we were able to stand proudly against all adversities.

But contrast, Government should not be that. They should not be a kind of person who is so much thick. They should be kind in giving help. They should be supportive for their own countrymen because those athlete will make our country shine someday. 

Well for me, those things are to consider why the government should put more funds. I focus more on the trait because Government cannot see the true trait that athletes have. They know that we lack things but they never knew what are trait inside the heart of a true Filipino. So maybe I hope that they may see this with their naked eye.

Before I end I just want to share one fact that our country won 131 medals in the recently South East Asian games competition. We already won 131, just imagine if the government added more support for the athletes. We would have play better and maybe placed first in the said competition.

So please if one of you become a Government official, Senator or even a President. I am begging, please be awake about the mistake of our government and please help our athletes. Maybe if you were able to add more support we could have more chances of winning in different competition worldwide.