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Originally Posted by Joe_Widen
Well this year my team hasnt been the best, but were going to nationals. I think that every captain should give a nice little speech like this to there team, because most team members dont realize this themselves.
This is what i told my team
I've heard some people saying that we got to Atlanta by luck. Well, we did in way but that doesnt mean we are a weak team. By no means are we a weak team. We may not be wildstang, but we're a team that truly follows FIRST's mission plan. We have strong support from our parents and sponsors. The students do most of the work. The focal point of our team is the students, and we give back to the community. We have all worked our butts off for the last half of the year. Even though I may not be the captain, i want everyone on our team to be proud of what
we done. We've overcome problems and truly became a great team. Now when we go to nationals, when people see our robot, be proud. I want everyone to take a look at the robot when we get to Nationals and just think that your a reason that we're here. Think about how amazing it
is that we built that robot. I realized that in Milwaukee and told Joe M. and we both realized that everything we've done this year is unbelievable. I want everyone to get that feeling.
Now when we go to Nationals, I want everyone to realize that we have a 1st class robot. The problems are behind us and now lets show the world what we can do. Were as good as you think we can be. All and all, I just want everyone to be proud of our robot and our team no matter what happens.
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99% of the teams are not on the WIldstang level.
Much as I love this page it does poison the perception of everyone in FIRST into thinking f they do not achieve the heights of a 111, a 71 or 233 that they are a failure. Just because everyone isn't gushing over you in every thread and mentioning every single thing you do does not make you any less an important part of FIRST than any other team from the eldest teams, to the most dominant on field teams to powerful community building hall of fame teams to rookies just happy to go to their local regional. Every one of them make up the body of FIRST that contribute to it's greatness. Your team is a part of that. You are appreciated for that. You are great because of that. Remember that.