Why?

I just don't understand it. Why would someone want to live a mediocre life when they could have it so much better? Why would you live without knowing the great feeling of learning from your mistakes? If you make a mistake, try and pick yourself up. Do not just accept the fact that you aren't going to succeed. For once, try and make something of yourself. Do not just live in the shadows of your peers. That is the most ridiculous thing a person can do. Live your own life and learn from your mistakes. Accepting failure is just a stepping stone to moving foward to conquer failure. As soon as you accept your failure, you will be able to start learning from your small mistakes. And from there, you will understand how to overcome the big mistakes in your life. I believe that you will be a happier person if you can learn to accept your failure. Accepting failure has its up's and down's, but I feel that it will lead to even greater things, don't you?

Failure in Sports

Michael Jordan once said "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." Jordan is an iconic NBA basketball player. Absolutely everyone in the United States knows who he is. Even he, who some may say is the greatest basketball player to have ever, can be a failure. He did not always make every shot he put up. He failed his team, his coach, and his family multiple times. I'm not trying to tell you that he was not a good player. I'm trying to tell you that he failed too. Just like you and I do every day of our lives. Failure is a normal occurance in life. Failure just happens.
"In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without a total 100 percent dedication, you won't be able to do this." This quote came from the legendary baseball player, Willie Mays. Mays was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979. Mark Field says that he is "the best who ever played the game." Although Mays was a huge success, he knew that he must be able to take the criticism that he got from his coaches. He knew he was going to fail every so often, and he accepted that. He took the failure as something constructive, something that was going to help him better his game. He hit his failure out of the park, by learning to overcome it and say, failure just happens.
"I had affairs. I cheated. What I did is not acceptable and I am the only person to blame," Tiger Woods recently said. Woods was once the best golfer in the world. His personal life soon turned this into a statement that was no longer true. Woods was found to have cheated on his wife in 2009. Ever since then, his golf game has taken a turn for the worst. Woods in now ranked eighth in the World. Woods let his personal life affect his game, one of the worst things a golfer can do. All of this is happening but Woods is doing everything he can to overcome this failure. He is now out of his marraige with Elin Nordegren and is focusing on his golf game. He has not been playing his best but he is trying his hardest and that is all anyone can ask of him. Again, failure just happens.