Sportsman of the Year

These are your power years. Go on and take them."Life is a series of victories and disenchantments. Once you embrace the disappointments your triumph will be greater." - Jan Hellriegel 2019.SPORTSMAN OF THE YEARIt's a little bit like winning the Sportsman of the Year.You're only 12 you've got big feet and you're a girl.Or you've amassed a great idea and some old dude tells you offAnd calls you a big-headed fool.I may no longer be pretty or unusually thinBut what I do haveI never give in.It's not that the road you take is long and hardOr along the way you get dealt some hard cards.You shuffle them around till the purpose and the painForm a wave so high you can surf any terrain.And you get getting on.And one funny day you realise the reasonIt takes so long to get served at the barIs because you're no longer young or fair.And birthdays signify a new sexless ageWhere you redefine how you learn to behaveAs everyone looks through you now.I may no longer be pretty or unusually thin.But what I do haveI never give in.It's not that the road you take is long and hardOr along the way you get dealt some hard cards.You shuffle them around till the purpose and the painForm a wave so high you can surf any terrainAnd you get getting on.The princess years don't last for ever andYour time in the sun only lasts so long.So use it get your act together thenKeep on...You can keep on getting stronger.You've got that light, let it shine girl.These are your power yearsGo on and take them.There's nothing to fearJust go on embrace them they're yours.These are your power yearsCome on and move with them girl.Take it all, take it inAnd just assume that they're yours.These are your power yearsCome on just shake the tree at them.In the night, in the morningIn everything that you do.These are your power years.These are your power years.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details