A meaningful challenge I faced was trying to make my school’s varsity soccer team. I’m not the best soccer player, but this challenge taught me that hard work can definitely make up for talent. It also taught me about resilience and perseverance. My sophomore year I failed to score in the championship game that costed my team win. I felt defeated because not only had I let down myself, but also my team because they were depending on me to do my job and I didn’t. This dropped my confidence in my ability to play soccer. For my junior year, I started training months in advance because of last season’s disappointment. During the varsity tryouts, I pulled my hamstring that shattered my chances of making the team. I was pretty much defeated by then,
