Article: Goal Setting: Pops proves it's never too late
Pops first set the goal in high school, but when he graduated he
thought he wasn't mature enough to pursue it so he enlisted in
the U.S. Army.
He dreamed about it as a member of the 82nd Airborne as he
became an Army Ranger. Later, in the first Gulf War, he
thought about his goal again, as he also did during his service
in the Kosovo conflict. For 20 years, through his Army career,
a war, marriage and six children, Pops kept the dream and the
goal alive.
Never mind that he was considered far too old to pursue his
dream, Pops just couldn't let go.
When he retired from the Army at 39, he decided it was finally
time to do something about the goal he'd set so many years
before. He moved his family to Columbia, South Carolina and
enrolled as a freshman at the University of South Carolina.
No, he wasn't considered too old for that. Many others, much
older, have pursued college degrees for the first time. What
Tim "Pops" Frisby did was even more special. At an age when
even most professional players have hung up there helmets, he
began working out with the South Carolina Gamecocks football
team during the winter. Working out with players half his age,
all of whom were young enough to be his son, he competed for a
position on a Division One major College Football Team.
It was a goal that Pops had lived with for a long time and he
began to realize it when coaches invited him back for fall
drills. When South Carolina kicked off their season against
the University of Georgia, Tim Frisby was on the sidelines
wearing Gamecock jersey number 89. On September 25th, against
Troy, the legendary Lou Holtz, head coach at South Carolina,
sent Pops into the game for its final four plays. "I have a
lot of respect for the guy," Holtz said. "A Ranger, 20 years
in the Army, six kids. He loves this team. I thought it would
be good to get him in. I'm sorry we could not throw it to him."
But knowing the way that Pops Frisby makes his dreams come
true, that's just a matter of time.
Frisby, who turns 40 in February, who has been featured on ESPN's
College GameDay, was recently awarded the Walt Disney World of
Sports Spirit Award in front of a national television audience.
Incidentally, the father of six between the ages of six months
and 16, also maintains a 3.88 (out of a possible 4.0) grade
point average.
Still think it's too late for your dream? Goal setting and goal
starting is a process that can start at any age and at any
time. There's no need to wait until January 1st to set or
start a goal. Goal setting and goal starting doesn't have to
take place at the first of the month, or even the first of the
week. I once started on a big goal at midnight on the 24th of
the month.
Tim Frisby accomplished his goal and realized his dream for two
simple reasons: he never let time take his dream away, and when
the time finally came, he took action. It worked for Pops --
and it'll work for you too!
Copyright � 2004 Vic Johnson
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