Personal Narrative: The Game Of Success

Bottom nine, two outs, bases loaded. The opposing team's batter steps into the batter’s box. There are a million things running through my head in the field. With all eyes locked on me, the ball took flight. It was just the ball and me. Everything my coaches taught me led me to this moment. Determination, intelligence, and believing all came into play. My mind was telling me nothing else mattered, while my heart was reminding me that everyone was relying on me. With baseball every moment feels that way. I have felt so many emotions while playing this game. The good and the bad. With my mind racing from one situation to the next, it takes a lot out of me but then I remind myself that the determination I have used, the intelligence I have gained, …show more content…
That is the main thing I have learned from playing the game of baseball. I have heard it from my parents, my coaches, and my teammates. Everything you do with the baseball comes behind believing in yourself. If I didn't believe in myself at a young age, I wouldn't be where I am today playing baseball. Baseball is a game of failure. I have failed more times then I have succeeded playing the game. There is one moment in my baseball career that I will never forget. I was not hitting very well. My average was going down and it got in my head and I was not believing in myself. My coach noticed I was not myself and came over and had a talk with me. He told “You need to live in the present. Don’t worry about the past. Go up to bat each time with a new mind, an open mind, and a confident mind.” I have learned that I can not get down on myself at any moment in the game because failure happens. I have done my best to put everything behind me. If at one second I doubted myself, than I have already lost. I have had the confidence to get a hit every time I stepped in the batter's box or the confidence to make a play out in the field for my team. There has been multiple times I have failed and not done as good as I hoped but I never gave up and I always kept on trying because my parents and coaches were counting on me to put that behind me. I know believing in myself will go long after baseball. I know there will be multiple times in my …show more content…
There are so many aspects to the game that can relate to everyday life. My life has been around baseball and everything I have learned from the game will certainly help me later on in life through college and after college. All the life lessons that I learned from my coaches on how to be a man will lead me in the right direction to be successful in whatever I decide to do. The things I have learned from the people that taught me the game of baseball will always be with me. I will cherish all the lessons and bring them with me in my future life. I can always count on the lessons of baseball to lead me in the right