Enjoy the Journey

- Enjoy the journey as much as the destination.

- Find happiness in enjoying the journey, not by awaiting the destination. 

- The journey is yours. Enjoy each and every step.

- Somewhere on your journey, don't forget to turn around and enjoy the view.

- So often we become so focused on the finish line that we fail to enjoy the journey.

If you Google search 'enjoy the journey quotes,' there are so many that pop up. I enjoy these quotes because they help you focus on the journey and not just the destination. If you focus just on the destination, you will miss all of the fun of the journey. You will miss the meaningful memories, the lessons, and the small but impactful moments that make life special.

There is nothing like the bus ride to a big game except riding home from the bus after a big win. The locker room is one of the most special places on a school campus. The team meals the night before games, rotating from house to house, are a great way to get to know the families of your teammates and to see how other people live. If someone could bottle up the energy of the first practice, or the energy before the first game, or the energy of the opening minutes of the first game of the playoffs, that person would be rich beyond belief. And, there are few greater moments in sports than watching the senior on a senior night get the opportunity to score their first and only points of a season or career and watching their teammates and everyone in the stands cheering them on.

If we focus so much on the end result, we miss all of those moments.

But to get to those moments, you have to take the first step and then you have to keep taking the next, right step.

Azzi Fudd is a great example. She was the number one high school girls basketball player in the country, and she now plays for the UConn women's basketball team. She has experienced more success in basketball in her short life and career than most will in a lifetime. But it started with taking that first step, taking that first dribble, then sticking with the process.

It is easy to see an athlete like Azzi and think that she was born with the talent and ability to be the best, especially when you find out that her mother Katie played high-major college basketball and was drafted by the WNBA, but according to her mother, Azzi wasn't any good when she first started. Her mother had to force her to play, and she was terrible when she did. Katie began training her, and the first steps that they took were to spend 10 minutes a day ball-handling. Over time, the work began to pay off and she grew into the dominant basketball player that she is today.

Take that first step. Start today. And enjoy the journey. What is the point of going 30-0 if you don't have fun? Every day, take a minute to stop and smell the roses. But don't stop too long - rest, recover, reflect - then get back to work!