"For the love of the game." Athletes at the top of there sport will always tell you they are not playing for the money, the fans, the cars, the publicity, the women but merely because they love to do what they are doing. This phrase, "for the love of the game," is one, which does not always apply to sports stars. Our greatest politicians, doctors, stock traders, teachers, policemen and religious leaders are all great at what they do because they love to be doing it. It is the drive of the runner to wake up at five in the morning so they can run three miles before the rest of the world awakes. It is the joy that a basketball player gets from going to practice an hour early and leaving an hour late. It is the feeling that a writer gets after writing an amazing sentence; a thrill for a politician after a great speech or an emotion for a composer after their opus has finally been played. The way a mother or father looks at their child when they are sleeping or the excitement a teacher gets when they read the paper from that one student who finally got it. Those who love "the game" love it for what they do – they love life. But life can be hard –very hard. Small pebbles may fall in your path an occasionally a huge bolder rules in front of your feet. The key is when there are mountains; you must climb over them – when you have lemons make lemonade. You must not get stuck. But that can not always be easy. The secret to not getting stuck is always right in front of us – yet many people can never read the writing on the wall or the letters on the story page. In the short story "The Secret to Not Getting Stuck," by Jay Woodruff, the coach of the wrestling team dispenses this piece of knowledge – the secret to not getting stuck. "It's no secret. It's pride and faith and stubbornness. That's all. You don't give in. No matter what, you...