I had never been more exhausted in my life. I experienced a realization during one of the largest soccer games of my life. My team was facing a very respected team that had been the victors against us for the past six years. We had been taking pressure the entire game and at one point they were up by four goals. The game was as if they knocked my team down and stepped over us, again and again. Then, they scored a another goal. I knew there was little hope for the game to go in my favor. Right then and there, my mentality permanently changed. I was finished letting people wail over me like I was some broken bridge. My new thought process was; I will do everything I can to become better. This mentality didn’t just stay within soccer, it became
