Sporty Inspiration for Mid-quarter Multitasking

We all know multi-tasking is hard, pushing to complete one task when another one has a deadline sneaking up can be one of the most stressful situations. Personally for me, when I see people achieve great things, it can serve as some good inspiration for my own life. I’m a big sports fan, so most of the time I find this inspiration through all the athletes that I watch on TV. As a college student, and with midterms season upon us, some of these athletes could be just th einspiration we need. So grab a pen and notebook, cause if these individuals can be good at the numerous activities they engage in, I’m sure you can get a little spark of motivation to keep studying for that midterm, complete that 5-page paper and go to those weekly club meetings. 

 Serena Williams

I bet we’ve all heard of Serena Williams. How could we not? She has 39 Grand Slam titles, four Olympic medals, and constantly engages in major endorsement deals and runs her own clothing line. Recently she even embarked on a mission to help the tech industry and its companies to diversify their workforces. Her mission led her to join a Silicon Valley boardroom and she is already pushing for changes in the industry. Her commitment to this initiative is truly inspiring and she’s doing all of this while maintaining her stature as one of the top female tennis athletes in the country and even the world. 

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif 

For all my fellow pre-meds, the road to getting to medical school may seem like quite the journey, but this Kansas City Chiefs guard was able to accomplish his medical dreams while maintaining a roster spot on a professional football team. Duvernay-Tardif was even helping out on an Emergency C-section the day of his draft. Despite having to delay his courses for his N.F.L commitments, he was able to work it all out with a bit of sacrifice and diligence, and ended up graduating from McGill University!

Ryan Donato 

A star athlete of the University of Harvard Hockey team, Donato also highly values his academics and is very driven in both of these aspects in his life. After an end to his college hockey season, Donato was recruited by the Boston Bruins to help them out in the Stanley Cup playoffs, but during this time he was also working hard to finish class work at the end of spring semester and get through finals. Donato would play games at night and missed occasional practices to attend classes, he even kept up with class assignments on road trips!

Stephen Curry

Of course, we all know about Stephen Curry, a two time MVP and three-time NBA champion, but just like his commitment to basketball, Curry is also heavily involved off the court in his service work. Curry, who is in partnership with the United Nations, uses his fame and talent to be the leader of the Nothing But Nets campaign, which aims to bring protective nets to millions of individuals around the work who are prone to malaria, a mosquito-borne disease. His commitment is shown through his Three-For-Three challenge in 2014, when he pledged to donate three-bed nets for every three-pointer he made that season. He also actively hosts an annual golf tournament in which the proceeds for to crisis centers for families in need. Curry is a great example to show how sometimes you can accomplish a lot from your talents. 

Aaron Judge

He’s a star player for the New York Yankees now, but back in high school Aaron Judge was a real ‘all-rounder.” Judge was a three-sport athlete, earning All-region honors in all three sports. He was even recruited to play football at various colleges like Notre Dame and UCLA, but opted to play baseball. We shouldn’t forget to mention that he was quite the academic and even participated in his school’s student government—now that is some serious skill. 

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