“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” -Theodore Roosevelt
I shared a variation of this quote with my son in his 2nd year of baseball. He wanted to play the position of catcher and was given the opportunity by his coach for the final game. In the bottom of the 6th, a slow roller between pitcher and catcher left them both stunned and the winning run came in to score with my 8yo son in the thick of the action. He sat down after the game and was tearful. I shared this quote with him. My son has never lost the tenacity of what it feels like to win and lose, and to be in the contest vs. observing from the safety of the sidelines. Get into the action where challenges, thrills, and significant outcomes occur.
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