Good post, the ending is clever! I agree success does come through failure. It is no coincidence that some of the biggest superstars and idols in sports had plenty of failures and let downs along the way. Sometimes it is those failures that drive you play even harder. Often it is the players that have success at a young age are unsuccessful when they get older b/c they never had to fight for it. It is easy to say now looking back, but you have to believe that when one door closes two doors open. You just have to find them!

I once saw a quote I liked that said something about experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.

If players have opportunities to learn from role models who have already been there like yourself than that is huge. I didn’t have that growing up and I wish I did. A smart person learns from their mistakes, but a genius learns from the experience of others.

Great post and keep up the good work!