My biggest life challenge is speaking up and believing in myself. Growing up, I always played basketball because that’s what my family wanted all us kids to do. I come from a “legacy” of excellent ball players from softball to basketball. Everyone expected my cousins and I to carry on the talent. I had some talent and was decent at basketball, but fell short to my cousins. My family always critiqued my games and pointed out what I did wrong even when I thought I played well. I worked as hard as I could in hopes of meeting everyone’s expectations, but continually seemed to fall short. The criticism did not help either; it lowered my self-worth and esteem. I never believed I would be as good as my cousins and felt everyone preferred my cousins
