GIVE it your 500 per cent.
This is what sevens maestro Waisale Serevi told students of Nabua Secondary School yesterday, where he was chief guest for the school’s International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADAIT) celebrations.
Serevi said this when emphasising how everyone had a unique talent and should dedicate themselves to fully developing it.
“We cannot all be rugby players, doctors, teachers, presidents or prime ministers,” he said.
“Everybody has a talent. Know what you’re good at and give it five hundred per cent.”
As an example, Serevi shared his rise to global rugby prominence where he first wrote the pages of his future as a youngster growing up in Nabua and later becoming a renowned name in the rugby sevens arena.
He said rugby became his talent and opened the door to opportunities he never dreamed were possible.
And while he relayed how being a receiver of criticism and doubts were challenges he faced in his youth, having a steadfast sense of faith, perseverance and determination were his guiding beacons towards the success he had achieved.
While primary and secondary schools around the country were celebrating the importance of raising drug awareness, he urged students to reject the illicit substances for the sake of their futures.
“Drugs does not walk alone. It brings a team of destruction,” he said.
