¨Perseverance is the secret of all triumphs¨-Victor Hugo, this quote explains what my story is really about how I persevered through one of the most nerve racking games I have ever played in in my life. This game meant so much to me because I had to make my family proud, there was 100+ college and pro scouts there, and I had to pick up the win for my team. This was one of the best times in my life to test what I have been working for my whole life and to test my perseverance towards the game of baseball. The game of baseball is 60% failure, so there is a good chance you're going to have a bad game but I knew I could not let this game be a failure, this game went towards everything I have been working for my whole life.
I don't really know what it means to you to make your family proud, but to me it pretty much everything to me to see my parents smile and tell me they're proud of me. Most people say do it for you and you only, well I do …show more content…
Finally i threw the first pitch and the kid just stood there and watched the first pitch go right down the middle and you could hear a ¨pop¨ from it hitting that light brown catchers mitt, ¨Strike one,¨ which was a confidence gainer. Then the crowd took a huge breath in, and I turn around and the big radar gun on the scoreboard said ¨89¨ even i shook my head in disbelief about how hard that first pitch was. My first 4 innings were scoreless, the 5th inning I gave up one run and we ended up winning 4-1,most of this game was more mentally tough to get over than the physical part. That's why baseball is so tough because it is more mental than physical most of the
I don't really know what it means to you to make your family proud, but to me it pretty much everything to me to see my parents smile and tell me they're proud of me. Most people say do it for you and you only, well I do …show more content…
Finally i threw the first pitch and the kid just stood there and watched the first pitch go right down the middle and you could hear a ¨pop¨ from it hitting that light brown catchers mitt, ¨Strike one,¨ which was a confidence gainer. Then the crowd took a huge breath in, and I turn around and the big radar gun on the scoreboard said ¨89¨ even i shook my head in disbelief about how hard that first pitch was. My first 4 innings were scoreless, the 5th inning I gave up one run and we ended up winning 4-1,most of this game was more mentally tough to get over than the physical part. That's why baseball is so tough because it is more mental than physical most of the