4.10 Ria Ramnarine: Be Patient
“They say discipline and dedication and respect are the key factors, but patience is a virtue that is absolutely essential!” - Ria Ramnarine Are you patient enough to do what you have to do and go through what you have to go through to be great at what you want to be great at? Everyone has a dream, but few are willing to do what it takes and be patient enough to make their dreams a reality. We live in a microwave society full of people who want what they want right now, when true success takes time as much as work. Ria Ramnarine is a former world champion boxer from Trinidad and Tobago. She once said, “They say discipline and dedication and respect are the key factors, but patience is a virtue that is absolutely essential!” Ria is the first ever female from Trinidad and Tobago to become a boxing world champion, but she grew up in a non-sports family, and her dad would not let her play sports because he thought it might distract her from school. While discipline and dedication are ...