Michael Ballack.

Michael Ballack's third Footballer of the Year trophy, won in 2005.



Germany's Footballer of the Year 2002: Michael Ballack.

Statements :Michael Ballack

Aims – "You always have to have aims, as they are crucial for motivation!"

Talent – "It's not enough to just possess talent, you also have to work hard to be able to reach your goals."

Celebrating – "That's actually the most wonderful thing about sports."

Media– "Today, the media have an increasingly prominent status."

World Cup – "Winning the World Cup is the biggest sporting success a footballer can have."

Humour - "It's important to take life with a healthy dose of humour."

Fans – "Fans are very important and a confirmation of your own performances. They are the reward for work put in. I'm happy about every fan I have!"

Secret of Success – "Everyone has got his own secret of success."

Goerlitz – "That's the place where I was born. A beautiful, historic city."

Role model – "Many footballers are being admired, especially by young people. That's why they have the position of a role model."

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Michael Ballack

Name: Ballack

First Name: Michael

Sign of the Zodiac: Libra

Height: 189 cm (6ft 2in)

Weight: 80 kg (176,3 pounds / 12 stone 8lbs)

Marital Status: unwed; Michael Ballack and his girl-friend Simone have three children - Louis (b. August 16, 2001), Emilio (b. September 19, 2002) and Jordi (b. March 17, 2005)

Secondary-school Qualification: A-Levels, Sports High School in Chemniz

Advanced Courses:German and History

Vocation Learnt:Professional Football Player

Clubs:Chelsea FC (since 2006)
Bayern Munich FC (2002-2006)
Bayer Leverkusen (1999-2002)
Kaiserslautern FC (1997-1999)
Chemnitz FC (1990-1997)*
Karl-Marx-Stadt FC (1986-1990)
BSG Motor "Fritz Heckert" Karl-Marx-Stadt (1983-1986)**
* on June 13, 1990, Karl-Marx-Stadt FC was renamed "Chemnitz FC"
** since 1990, this club is called "Chemnitzer SV 51 - Heckert"

Shirt Number: 13 (Bundesliga and Internationals)

First Professional Goal: October 1, 1996 (For Chemnitz FC to make it 1-0 in a Cup tie against Dynamo Dresden)

First Bundesliga Game: On September 19, 1997, against Karlsruhe (Ballack was brought on in the 85th minute for Ratinho)

First Bundesliga Game Started: On March 28, 1998, against Leverkusen

First Bundesliga Goal: On October 30, 1998, with a direct free-kick for Kaiserslautern to make it 2-2 against Hansa Rostock (67th minute)

First International: On April 28, 1999, against Scotland (Ballack was brought on in the 60th minute for Hamann)

First International Goal: On March 28, 2001, to make it 2-1 against Greece from the penalty spot (25th minute)

Michael Ballack

Michael Ballack (29) was born on 26th September 1976 in Görlitz. He started his football career at BSC Motor "Fritz Hecker" Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz). The midfielder played in the Bundesliga for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern München from 2002. He has won the German title three times (1998 with Kaiserslautern, 2003 and 2005 with Bayern) and has been named "Footballer of the Year" three times. Michael and his partner Simone have three children. Ballacks philosophy is: "Don't take everything so seriously."

- 2006

German League Champion(Bayern Munich)
German FA Cup Winner (Bayern Munich)

- 2005

German League Champion(Bayern Munich)
German FA Cup Winner (Bayern Munich)
Germany's Footballer of the Year
Winner of the "Bambi"-Award
Shortlisted for the "FIFA World Footballer of the Year" Trophy

- 2004

German League Cup Winner (Bayern Munich)

- 2003

Germany's Footballer of the Year
German League Champion (Bayern Munich)
German FA Cup Winner (Bayern Munich)

- 2002

World Cup Runner-Up (National Team)
Germany's Footballer of the Year
Best Midfield Player in Europe (UEFA Club Football Award)
Champions League Finalist (Bayer Leverkusen)
German FA Cup Finalist (Bayer Leverkusen)

Your Heart Can Sing

When you are broken and tempest tossed,
Look to the cross.
When lost in the darkest dreary night,
Christ is your Light.

When you come to the end of your way,
God hears you pray.
When you have entered the Shepherd's fold,
Your hand He'll hold.

When you can't see the sun for the rains,
God's grace sustains.
When burdens are too heavy to bear,
His strength is there.

When the water's too deep to go through,
He'll carry you.
When resting in Christ, your Lord and King,
Your Heart Can Sing.



"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God."
"Be filled with the spirit… Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord."
(Heb. 4:9; Eph. 5:18-19)

Getting married

Getting married means you'll have
Someone's hand to hold,
Even when you're feeling sick,
Even when you're old.

It means when you sit down to eat,
Someone will be there,
So you won't have to tell your day
To an empty chair.

It means that you can have some kids
Just like a mom and dad,
And play with them all afternoon,
Except when they are bad.

It means that when you need some help,
Someone will help out,
Someone always near to you
So you won't have to shout.

But best of all is when it's time
To turn out all the lights:
You won't have to be alone
Those long and scary nights.

So even though you don't have toys,
You don't have to care:
Once you're married you can be
Each other's teddy bear!

Would you be My Teddy Bear??

Success STORY....................

· In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
Anthony J. D'Angelo

· The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
Irving Berlin

· Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.
Al Bernstein

· Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
Erma Bombeck

· A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
David Brinkley

· I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
George Burns

· Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Dale Carnegie

· Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam.
Winston Churchill

· I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby

· In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
Bill Cosby

· In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
Anthony J. D'Angelo

· The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.
John Foster Dulles

· Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
William Feather

· Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Albert Einstein

· Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
David Frost

· Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Bill Gates

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THE "U" IN JESUS

Before U were thought of or time had begun, God even stuck U in the name of His Son.
And each time U pray, you'll see it's true You can't spell out JesUs and not include U.

You're a pretty big part of His wonderful name, For U, He was born; that's why He came.
And His great love for U is the reason He died.
It even takes U to spell crUcified.

Isn't it thrilling and splendidly grand He rose from the dead, with U in His plan.
The stones split away, the gold trUmpet blew, and this word resUrrection is spelled with a U.

When JesUs left earth at His upward ascension, He felt there was one thing He just had to mention.
Go into the world and tell them it's true That I love them all - Just like I love U.

So many great people are spelled with a U, Don't they have a right to know JesUs too?
It all depends now on what U will do, He'd like them to know

But it all starts with U.

One Day I Decided to Quit...........

One day I decided to quit...I quit my job, my relationship, my
Spirituality... I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God. God, I said. Can you
give me one good reason not to quit His answer surprised me...
Look around, He said. Do you see the fern and the bamboo
Yes, I replied.
When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them.
I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew from the earth.
Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the bamboo
seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. In the second year the Fern grew
more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed.
But I did not quit on the bamboo. He said.
In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not
quit. In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would
not quit. He said.
Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the
fern it was seemingly small and insignificant...But just 6 months later the
bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing
roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I
would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle. He said
to me.
Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you
have actually been growing roots
I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you.
Don't compare yourself to others. He said. The bamboo had a different
purpose than the fern. Yet they both make the forest beautiful.
Your time will come, God said to me. You will rise high
How high should I rise I asked.
How high will the bamboo rise He asked in return.
As high as it can I questioned
Yes. He said, Give me glory by rising as high as you can.
He will never give up on you!

Azim Premji's lessons in life

It is always wonderful to be with young people. The funny thing about

life is that you realize the value of something only when it begins to
leave you. As my hair turned from black to salt and pepper, and finally
salt without the pepper, I have begun to realize the importance of
youth. At the same time, I have begun to truly appreciate some of the
lessons I have leant along the way. I hope you will find them useful
when you plan your own career and life.
The first thing I have learnt is that we must always begin with our
strengths. From the earliest years of our schooling, everyone focuses
on what is wrong with us. There is an imaginary story of a rabbit. The
rabbit was enrolled in a rabbit school. Like all rabbits, it could hop
very well but could not swim. At the end of the year, the rabbit got
high marks in hopping but failed in swimming. The parents were
concerned. They said, "Forget about hopping. You are anyway good at it.
Concentrate on swimming."
They sent the rabbit for tuitions in swimming. And guess what happened?
The rabbit forgot how to hop! As for swimming, have you ever seen a
rabbit swim? While it is important for us to know what we are not good
at, we must also cherish what is good in us. That is because it is only
our strengths that can give us the energy to correct our weaknesses.
The second lesson I have learnt is that a rupee earned is of far more
value than five found. My friend was sharing with me the story of his
eight year-old niece. She would always complain about the breakfast.
The cook tried everything possible, but the child remained unhappy.
Finally, my friend took the child to a supermarket and brought one of
those ready-to-cook packets. The child had to cut the packet and pour
water in the dish. After that, it took two minutes in the microwave to
be ready.The child found the food absolutely delicious! The difference was that
she has cooked it, herself! In my own life, I have found that nothing
gives as much satisfaction as earning our rewards. In fact, what is
gifted or inherited follows the old rule of 'easy come, easy go'. I
guess we only know the value of what we have if we have struggled to
earn it.

The third lesson I have learnt is no one bats a hundred every time.
Life has many challenges. You win some, you lose some. You must enjoy
winning.But do not let it go to your head. The moment it does, you are already
on your way to failure. And if you do encounter failure along the way,
treat it as an equally natural phenomenon. Don't beat yourself for it or
any one else for that matter! Accept it, look at your own share in the
problem, learn from it and move on. The important thing is, when you
lose, do not lose the lesson.

The fourth lesson I have learnt is the importance of humility.
Sometimes, when you get so much in life, you really start wondering
whether you deserve all of it. This brings me to the value ofgratitude. We have so much to be grateful for. Our parents, our teachers and our seniors have done so much for us that we can never repay them.Many people focus on the shortcomings, because obviously no one can be
perfect. But it is important to first acknowledge what we have received. Nothing in life is permanent.When a relationship ends, rather than becoming bitter, we must learn to
savour the memory of the good things while they lasted.

The fifth lesson I learnt is that we must always strive for excellence.
One way of achieving excellence is by looking at those better than
ourselves. Keep learning what they do differently. Emulate it. But
excellence cannot be imposed from the outside. We must also feel the
need from within. It must become an obsession. It must involve not only
our mind but also our heart and soul. Excellence is not an act but a
habit. I remember the inspiring lines of a poem which says that your
reach must always exceed your grasp. That is heaven on earth.
Ultimately, your only competition is yourself.

The sixth lesson I have learnt is never give up in the face of
adversity. It comes on you suddenly without warning. You can either succumb to
self-pity and wring your hands in despair, or decide to deal with the
situation with courage and dignity. Always keep in mind that it is only
the test of fire that makes fine steel. A friend of mine shared this
incident with me. His eight-year old daughter was struggling away at a
jigsaw puzzle.She kept at it for hours but could not succeed. Finally,
it went beyond her bedtime. My friend told her, "Look, why don't you
just give up? I don't think you will complete it tonight. Look at it
another day." The daughter looked with a strange look in her eyes,
"But, dad, why should I give up? All the pieces are there! I have just
got to put them together!" If we persevere long enough, we can put any
problem into its perspective.

The seventh lesson I have learnt is that while you must be open to
change, do not compromise on your values. Mahatma Gandhiji often said
that you must open the windows of your mind, but you must not be swept
off your feet by the breeze. You must define what your core values are
and what you stand for. And these values are not so difficult to
define. Values like honesty, integrity, consideration and humility have
survived for generations. Values are not in the words used to describe
them as much as in the simple acts. At the end of the day, it is values
that define a person more than the achievements. Because it is the
means of achievement that decide how long the achievements will
sustain. Do not be tempted by short cuts. The short cut can make you
lose your way and end up becoming the longest way to your destination.

And the final lesson I learnt is that we must have faith in our own
ideas ... even if everyone tells us that we are wrong. There was once a
newspaper vendor who had a rude customer. Every morning, the customer
would walk by, refuse to return the vendor's greetings, grab the paper
off the shelf and throw the money at the vendor. The vendor would pick
up the money, smile politely and say, "Thank you, sir." One day, the
vendor's assistant asked him, "Why are you always so polite to him when
he is so rude to you? Why don't you throw the newspaper at him when he
comes back tomorrow?" The vendor smiled and replied, "He can't help
being rude and I can't help being polite. Why should I let his rude
behaviour dictate my politeness?

In my youth, I thought of myself as a rebel and was many times, a rebel
without a cause. Today, I realize that my rebellion was another kind of
conformity. We defied our elders to fall in line with our peers!
Ultimately, we must learn to respond instead of reacting. When we
respond, we evaluate with a calm mind and do whatever is most
appropriate. We are in control of our actions. When we react, we are
still doing what the other person wants us to do.

Remember, those who win are those who believe they can.

Facts and more facts

Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illustrious admirals was throughout his life, never able to find a cure for his sea-sickness.

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe!

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!

The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.

Amazing Facts

1.The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

2.Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!

3.What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

4."Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

5."Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

6.In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child

7.A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

8.Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

9.You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

10.There is a city called Rome on every continent

Thoughts and more Thoughts

1. War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left.

2. Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.

3. A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

4. If you are willing to admit faults, you have one less fault to admit.

5. You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom. AND A peacock who sits on his tail is just another turkey.

6. It matters not what you do, as long as you are the best one doing it.

7. The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

8. Silence is one of the most effective forms of communication. BUT A closed mouth gathers no feet.

9. It takes both SUNSHINE and RAIN to make a RAINBOW.

10. The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does BUT Wise men learn by other men's mistakes, fools by their own.

11. I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

12. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

13. A morning without coffee is like something without something else

14. It takes one tree to make 10,000 matches, but one match to burn 10,000 trees.

15. A drink precedes a story.

16. Advice should be viewed from behind.

17. Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

18. Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings.

19. The darkest hour is that before the dawn.

20. You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

21. An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

Thought of the day

“You may only be ONE person to the world, but you may also be the WORLD to one person.”

Andyblack

Dare To Dream

Dare To Dream

Let nothing hold you back from
exploring your wildest fantasies,
wishes, and aspirations.
Don't be afraid to dream big
and to follow your dreams
wherever they may lead you.
Open your eyes to their beauty;
open your mind to their magic;
open your heart to their possibilities.

Dare to dream.
Whether they are in color
or in black and white,
whether they are big or small,
easily attainable or almost impossible,
look to your dreams,
and make them become reality.
Wishes and hopes are nothing
until you take the first step
towards making them something!

Dare to dream,
Because only by dreaming,
will you ever discover
who you are, what you want,
and what you can do.
Don't be afraid to take risks,
to become involved,
to make commitment.
Do whatever it takes to make
your dreams come true.
Always believe in miracles,
and always believe in you!

~ Julie Anne Ford ~