#confident athlete

[kimbapisnotsushi]

the part where kiyoko is running to get hinata's shoes and leaves yachi alone to take care of the tsubakihara match is so monumental to me because it was a passing of the torch at nationals when it was kiyoko's first time at nationals, too!! from the very beginning, she had always wanted to fly with the rest of them!! she had every right to be the one standing with the team during that first game!! but she doesn't!! kiyoko leaves knowing that she'll barely just make it back in time!! she leaves knowing that she'll have to let yachi to fend for herself!! she leaves knowing that she won't be able to stand with the people she loves, that she won't be able to support them and care for them the way she has for the past three years so that they could make it where they are now, and asks yachi to take it up in her stead!! and she's okay with that!! because kiyoko knows, just as much as anyone else, that if they want to win, they have to do what's needed to rise up to the challenge!! even if they're defeated the very next day, even if it suddenly comes to an end, all that matters to kiyoko is that she and everyone else are able to fight until they absolutely can't anymore!! and she will do everything in her power to make that happen!!

tl;dr this is my appreciation post for shimizu kiyoko who deserves everything ever thank you and good night

#honestly that scene is so funny tho bc realistically #“i'm confident in my leg and my stamina :)” babe you haven't done track and field in like three years #like i'm not an athlete or sporty by any means but like #she'd need to train constantly to maintain her stamina/strength no??? #but narrative wise that's queen shit and i love it #i actually really REALLY love her philosophy #“i don't know if we we will win. i don't know if we will lose. all i know is that we can keep trying” #“and not a single drop of our effort will have gone to waste so long as we have that” #god. she'd get along great with sakusa #shimizu kiyoko #yachi hitoka #haikyuu #haikyuu!! #haikyuu meta #sou says stuff

[flaticeball]

the idea of a Gayest Player In The NHL bracket at all is already in poor taste to some degree bc i get everyone loves to make the “they’re so gay for each other fr” jokes but the condition of the actual league and its actions right now is like. you do understand why calling these people Gay Icons (Positive) for funny haha jokes is just. at best inappropriate timing, yes? but the idea of literally including one of the guys who got pride nights cancelled with his homophobia is just. can we take a minute to realize that hockey fandom doesn’t take place in a void completely unconnected to reality and see that this is just. a Really Bad Look. at best.

#gav gab #saw someone reblog the actual bracket intro post with among other things #‘mom come pick me up they’re calling tseguin a gay icon in 2023’ and like #LMFAO. YEAH. FOR REAL. YOUVE SEEN WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE SEDINS YES? #anyways get outta here with that shit #people have gotten real confident with the ‘they’re about to fuck at centre ice’ thing and saying hockey is a Super Gay Sport #which is a fun joke to make with your friends online ig #as annoying as i find it generally #but you do understand this isn’t real yes #and i know the bracket is not making claims about reality #but what it IS doing is including players like eric fucking staal #in a bracket for Gayest NHL Player #and the real life actions of staal actively make the sport unsafe for queer athletes and queer fans #stop mistaking jokes about hockey players fucking each other or writing rpf about that as any kind of activism #or any kind of actual reflection of the nhl #how do you think this is an appropriate thing to do for so many reasons lmao how are you including some of these guys on this #even before you get into some of the other insane behaviour going on in this bracket existing #‘I didn’t pick the contestants!’ you did you. you’re in charge. #‘just hope they get voted out’ don’t include them at all what’s wrong with you #why do bracket creators always act like it’s some kind of mandatory moral imperative they include every single thing nominated/voted in #you have agency here lmao. use it. fucking spineless. #rpf for ts #adjacent enough anyway #homophobia cw #why would you do this #lmfao the brief scroll of that blog i took the amount of ‘propaganda’ that’s just ‘this guy has friends’ #wild. genuinely wild. #one request id like to make to the liveblogs this year too on a vaguely tangentially related note is #reign in your blatant and unrepentant amatonormativity please #from your local aro

[sinnerista]

A man who has saved 3 consecutive match points against Novak Djokovic, the only man in history to do so, who then proceeded to defeat said opponent, who then went all the way to win the championship not only for himself but for a whole nation…

what can this man possibly fear on a tennis court? Absolutely f0king nothing

#I can see it in eyes the confidence radiating out of them #he’s no longer the person and the athlete he was not even 3 months ago #I don’t wanna say it #but I hope with all my heart he can ride the wave till the end of the tournament #I hope he’s ready #ready ready #cuz a sincaraz final is gonna be crazy #he deserves the big title #mannaggia a me #jannik sinner #Gianni almeno tu continua a regalarmi gioie

[joshuaalbert]

ok so this is another thing I’ve never done a lore deep dive on bc I try not to spoil too much for myself so all I know is what I’ve seen onscreen, and other people have definitely talked about this concept way more and whatever, but like. i have to believe after some amount of time of people taking the kobayashi maru it becomes pretty common consensus that it’s a no-win kind of deal. i feel like they kinda try to imply that people go in not knowing but there’s no fucking way everyone keeps their mouth shut about that. and i think to keep trying at that point even knowing this requires a certain amount of...“rip to everyone before me but im different” energy, to the point where the legacy best of the best (kirk) will alter the test to make that possible. like yes I think it’s ultimately a humbling experience for a lot of people to find out that they (who have probably been exemplary their whole lives) cannot win, but the conditions of the test still require you to have the type of confidence that will allow you to go into a scenario you know is supposed to be unbeatable and still think that maybe you’ll be the one to handle it right.

so this energy is, to a degree, encouraged among cadets. if you are going to command, you need to learn to make challenging decisions even in the face of impossible scenarios without losing your crew’s faith in you, so that kind of confidence and belief in oneself is necessary, but then we also see how easy it is for it to tip over that line. surprise surprise im talking about the first duty again but the nova squadron crash is such a front and center examination of that determination turning into hubris. they LITERALLY go “rip to them but we’re different” about the five people who died doing the kolvoord starburst last time, and they pay for that dearly, even if it’s not on the exact same level of catastrophe. and it’s easy to judge them more harshly because this was a demonstration and one of them died because they wanted to show off, but when your organization operates to some degree off your commitment to believing you can be the person to succeed where everyone before you fails, i think you’re inevitably gonna get things like this sometimes. in the grand scheme of things it’s a small example, but I still think it’s a really interesting examination of how one of starfleet’s greatest strengths that’s encouraged in its trainees is also so easily capable of being ruinous the second you step over a line that’s NOT always clearly defined, and in fact is often defined in retrospect by the outcome.

#also ik the academy entrance exam changes every fucking time it’s brought up so it’s useless to have conspiracies about it but #one of my real early on ones was that I wouldn’t be surprised if basically everyone fails it once #so if you keep trying you clearly want it badly enough and have the confidence to think you have something that’s worth their time #idk what any of this is it’s not groundbreaking I just like saying shit #san rant #like I do feel like they try to imply it’s kept secret but do yall know how much shit I knew about like #my university athletics department that I wasn’t supposed to know

[thesunisatangerine]

i hope jona doesn't play alexia in a false 9 position again in the match tomorrow... she needs to keep playing in midfield, that's her territory. like compare her performance in spain's match against switzerland to her last few barca matches, there's a clear difference in how she moves.

#like experimentation is good but you got to look at the results at some point #jona is risking alexia's confidence in herself by keeping this up #and to an athlete getting a mental block is just as detrimental as a physical injury if not worse #alexia putellas #woso #barcelona femeni #liga f #mine

[disquietiswhatitis]

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*sighs*

I’m not proud of this…

Supercorp Pop Star/Famous Athlete AU when

*runs away*

#idk if they’re a real couple and it’s none of my business #could all be a PR stunt for all I know and it’d have no impact on my life whatsoever #but the vibe/general trope potential popped off and I recognize that #like take all that and make it gay? game over #lena has a famous musician with terrible luck romantically #Kara as a confident jock with that fashion sense and a sibling who plays the same sport at the same level #Eliza being the national treasure who had to see her daughters compete against each other for the championship #Alex could absolutely be the wholesome family athlete whose beloved by all even though her city is not #Kara shooting her shot at a concert with a friendship bracelet with her number on it #and it somehow works when Kara isn’t Lena’s type at all #so they talk for weeks before Lena goes to Kara’s game with HER MOTHER #Kara beaming when she sees Lena in her suite at the same stadium where she first saw her performing? #Lena who has never been into sports cheering Let’s Fucking Go watching Kara score points? #Lena buying out a restaurant for Kara her teammates and their WAGs so they can spend time without the public/press around #the HEIGHT DIFFERENCE…please tell me I’m not the only one who sees it #lena luthor #supercorp #kara danvers #supergirl

[principiumindividuationis777]

#Arthur Saxon #strongman #strength athlete #brothers #photography #vintage #black and white #muscles #confidence #male body positivity

[temiree]

It's been a little while since I've shared one of these! This is Steel, the wolf on the rival Mustangs hockey team in Eddie the Yeti: Hard Work Wins the Game! To help him feel more "villainous" I gave him glassy eyes along with scars and sharp facial features. In the end, he wasn't that bad of a guy - just an opponent like any other. :3

This guy was completely new (he wasn't based on a design the author outlined before I started), and was probably the most fun for me to create!

If you’re interested in buying a copy of the book I illustrated, it’s available at eddietheyeti.com!

#Eddie the Yeti #anthro #anthropomorphic #furry #wolf #canine #character design #sketch #model sheet #reference sheet #hockey #athlete #sport #sports #digital art #my art #confident #annoyed #laughing #chuckling #determined #black eye #growling #angry

[bylovesfirstkiss]

staring at the wall thinking about all the things disability has taken away from me

#decrees #(complaining in tags) it's gotten so much worse this year too. I can't do anything athletic cause my body is in constant pain #I can't eat the food I like or do the things I like or feel safe or comfortable or confident. I've lost so much weight and I hate it #I get sick at the drop of a hat. ANY amount of stress is basically a death sentence for me lol esp. with the genetic heart conditions #I isolate myself pretty much all the time. cause going outside and being around people is literally panic attack inducing it's the worst #the only thing I've improved on is being able to form and maintain relationships. I've been doing pretty okay at that this year #otherwise I just sit around and wonder what my life would be like if I was functional lol

[femininomen0n]

just watched the first episode of the righteous gemstones with my mom and i am both surprised and excited by how much i/we loved it

#watching a tv show with your mom is such an Experience and it's one that i highly recommend #also (said with the unearned confidence of every male athlete in my school) i just Know that the righteous gemstones is gonna be good. so #that's nice too :) #the righteous gemstones #personal #talia speaks #**

[offscreendeath]

#physical 100 #uploads #offscreendeathshots #netflix #netflix shows #netflix series #korean tv show #korean television #athletes #competitions #confidence

[lloonlloon]

During some frisbee time Callie has now learned left/right directionals and did some over jumps she’s so clever 😭❤️

#with how much confidence she’s gaining I keep wanting to reevaluate if she could actually compete #she’s so athletic and smart #little red #dog training

[brownsugar4hersoul]

" There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what? "

- Michael Jordan

#quotes #sayings #motivating quotes #athlete #mindset #motivation #self motivation #lifestlye #confidence #self worth #note to self #self awareness #motivatingwords #motivatedmindset #motivational #motivating myself #wordofthehour #quote #inspo #inspirational quotes #inspiring quotes #inspirational #inspire #motivateyourself #get motivated #reminder #good advice #life advice #positive words #wordsnquotes

[streetslost]

i’m physically not feeling great.  mentally just brrrrrr but the physical worn out is probably why.  so i’m.  hovering.  wanting to write but head and body all aches so i’m mostly just staring into the void.  trying to get the inspiration to write ajflsd

#i started to feel it but lost it again #head hurty no helpy #&&. ooc ( an athlete with nerd credentials ) #i made a big mistake at work today and it turned out okay #but i think it's adding to my just #low confidence right now #i want to bury into a hole and sleep for a thousand years