Elite athletes have potential, but they also work hard to enhance their talents on a regular basis. Elite athletes push themselves throughout each session, pay attention to the details on a regular basis, and maintain excellent work habits. All of these elements contribute to great athletes continually performing at a high level. If you want to become an elite athlete, focus on developing the following attributes: - Desire: You must want it badly enough that no matter what happens you will keep trying until you succeed. - Hard Work: You have to work hard at anything you want to achieve. - Love of Sport: It isn't enough to just enjoy sports; you must love them too. This means you need to put in effort and time into your sport, because only people who are passionate about something invest their time and energy into it. - Self-Discipline: You must be able to control yourself during times when extreme emotions arise due to sporting events. For example, if you're angry during a game, you must be able to contain this emotion so that it doesn't affect your performance. - Memory: You need to remember all that has been learned during practice and games. This means committing it to memory through repetition and analysis of successful plays vs. unsuccessful ones.