Let the spirit of competitiveness spark off the desire for victory which starts flowing within my very own veins.

Now I kinda understand why Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are 2 respectable rivals when they both said the same thing when interviewed respectively -

"I couldn't stop training coz I know he (Larry/Magic) will be training hard and if I slack off, the next match up will show the distinctive difference."

Somewhat Boon and the people around are motivating me to train. There's no way I'll lose to anyone physically in bball. Just have to train train train so that I can be sure they'll never catch up with me. =P

Had a relaxed bball game with boon last evening. Well, it's good to go shoot some hoops daily (esp when there's net still) to just let my body memorise the momentum of the jump shot. Still not that steady yet but quite happy at the progress. Haha...but that's under the condition that no one's marking me and I'm in practice and not competition mode. Feel that I've already built up the minimum confidence and skills to play the low post area and now, it's time to move out of the comfort zone and "upgrade" my offensive capabilities. =D

Kinda agreed with boon on his post. Well, in 3 on 3 half court if 1 person slack and 2 v3 is still quite possible. (If it's me and boon team then most probably possible =P) However if it's a 5 v 5 full court then I guess it's time to find teammates with the same mentality to play with coz 1 person's mentality and effort shown will directly affect the whole team's performance and morale. I guess having played in the school games b4, it's when you're teammates push you along during times of fatigue or when everyone is doing their part and you just don't wanna the whole defensive or offensive play to fail because you're the one who's not putting in 100% effort. I guess we never really kb anyone who's put in their effort but didn't perform, like a missed lay-up or jump shot but perhaps a "BAO WO!" at most. Like I told boon yesterday while we're watching some people play, there are some who lack the self-performance desire. In their mindset they're already think that they're 2nd level to perhaps a top scorer in their team and the way they're playing is lacking that desire to score, or lacking that desire to get that ball back into possession. Well, I could just say that, put in the effort, desire and passion and results will show in time.