I found myself in a predicament during my junior year baseball season. I was the starting shortstop. One early May day our coach decided to bench his best player and start his backup. Consequently, we lost the game I waited to have a one-on-one talk with my coach. I questioned why he benched me. He told me that “I had not shown him that I deserved to be the starter.” “That if I actually worked hard I would have made him unable to take me off the field.” I ended up calling my dad for advice. He explained that because I didn’t work hard and didn’t show my coach how much I wanted and deserved to be the starter, I had lost my opportunity, and that if I ever got another opportunity I needed to be ready because you never know how many opportunities
