By Isaiah Trevino
Over the weekend, I was watching football, and C.J. Stroud had probably one of his worst games of the season. It reminded me of how he has handled failure in the past, especially in his college career. Obviously, there always has to be a loser of a game, which can really define you not only as an athlete but especially as a person. This brings me to the topic I want to discuss this week – Handling failure and adversity.
Listening to C.J. Stroud (Houston Texans quarterback) after the loss was very inspiring. The way he handled the loss was nothing short of incredible, and it taught me a few lessons just by listening to what he had to say after that game.
When you train so hard for something, give everything you have to a particular goal, leave no stone unturned, and you still fail… You may feel small. You may feel like you’re working for nothing or are a failure. It’s important to just “eat” it. It’s life, and life doesn’t owe you anything. I like to look at it as if there is something greater for you in store. While that may be hard to see in the moment, I believe the quicker you can understand that, the more successful you will be in the future and better at handling failure.
If you expect to succeed in the highest of highs, you must be ready to embrace the lowest of lows. Nothing worth working your tail off for comes easy, and you shouldn’t expect it to be easy or without failures. Stroud said that you have to be joyful in those moments of adversity. When you take the long road or have failures along the way, success will feel so much better in the long run.
The things that you can control every day are your attitude and your effort. Leave no stone unturned in your preparation for whatever goal you may have inside and outside of the game of baseball. Don’t let anybody question your heart or your work ethic when it comes to your dreams.
Failures are going to come; that is inevitable. Control what you can, and be the best at handling adversity and failure. You will be in a greater position to succeed not only in baseball but, more importantly, in life.
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