“Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the me for the we.”
May 10, 2017 - We often think of teams as those who play on a field, a court, on a track but if you look around this room (at the Athletic Banquet) you see a team. Like the twelfth man at Texas A&M, you see C.T. Simpson, Beverly Tippett, Mama Bears, Board of Trustees, parents, teachers, administrators and coaches stand ready to help Timpson’s athletes in any way possible. Those who attend games, work in the concession stand, coach, play, donate are all part of the Timpson Bear Spirit Team – proof that “alone we can do little – together we can do much.” You rise up for our Bears!
Tonight we honor one member of the Timpson Bear Spirit Team. Woody Allen once said, “80% of success is just showing up.” Our Real Bear shows up a lot. She rises up to be where she is needed. Beverly Tippett says this person is at nearly every Timpson sporting event to support and cheer on the Bears – not just for her own children but for all children. How important is just showing up? It is one of the most important things a person can do. All you have to do is look at our young athletes looking into the stands to see if there is someone there – watching them – cheering for them – supporting them –someone to say well done when the game is over. Our Real Bear does this faithfully and for all the right reasons – to support our athletes. She rises up!
As a 1997 Timpson High School graduate she understands Bear Pride from the inside out. She bleeds Black and gold. While watching Timpson sporting events she is “loud and proud” – wanting all Timpson athletes to know she is there for them. You can see the pride and gratitude in an athlete’s face when they hear someone cheering for them. Our Real Bear is the definition of a Mama Bear because she is the Mama for all the Bears. Cheering just as loud for all our athletes as she does for her own children, Jaden and Jaidah.
As an outstanding student herself when she attended THS, she encourages all young people – work as hard in the classroom as they do on the athletic field. Booker T. Washington said, “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” Lifting up others is something our Real Bear does naturally and for all athletes with her giving spirit great energy and beautiful smile she rises up.
Our 2017 Real Bear is Portia Young Johnson.
