As an high school athlete with aspirations of winning state in February 2006 you need to recognize something if you haven't already. You are going to become your own best coach. Why? Because only you have control over your motivation and your attitude. Take complete responsibility for that right now. Motivation and attitude are your greatest assets and far more valuable to you than your talent. Take care to build your motivation with fun and exciting thoughts on wrestling. You're young, strong and more alive than most people walking the earth. And, you're a wrestler. Nourish your attitude with positive encouragement and congratulate yourself endlessly for every effort along the way. This is more than just reaching the goal of becoming a state champ, a worthy goal nodoubt, but it's about the journey and learning how to enjoy a self awareness through discipline and control. You decide what in your life is going to help and hinder you in becoming a state champ. Be honest. Make hard choices. Make a list of people and things that support you and what's going to hold you back. What are your distractions? Let's face it. They're there. Your social life is going to take a hit for awhile. That's a sacrifice and you have to say no to alot of stuff over the next 4 months. You can't have it all. This dream of yours comes at a price. But believe me, this journey will be with you the rest of your life and it's worth it. Probably the biggest way to eliminate stress down the road is to get those grades up right now. Make a push to study at least 1-2 hrs a night and do all extra credit. No teacher worth his salt is is going to cut you any slack because you want to be a state champ.

Okay, so you've got a lot to think about. You need a planner to help you with time management. Write everything down, map the week and month out. I'll check back with you in a few days.