Michael Jordan once said, “I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” The lessons learned from failure are far more valuable than the lessons learned from success. Everyone wants to be successful, but each individual's version of success may not be the same. I have failed countless times in my life, but I learn from my mistakes and get back on track to be successful. In the fall of the seventh grade I made a goal to make the modified basketball team. It was my second year playing organized basketball, because the year before I played in a league at the Boys and Girls Club. The talent at the modified level was incomparable to the talent at the Boys and Girls Club. During tryouts I faced eighth graders who
