LIKE FATHER LIKE SON

When I went home, I was unusually quiet. My dad noticed this and came to my room. I told him about my predicament. I told him that I was so small compared to the starters and that I was scared to try and take a starting position. This was perhaps the first deep conversation I had with my father. He told me that I would never know what I could do until I tried it. He was very short growing up, and many of those close to him told him that he would not be able to succeed in sports because of this. However, he ended up starting in baseball and football in high school. This gave me confidence because I had never talked to my dad like this. He was always the greatest role model in my life, so the thought of him struggling was unheard of to me. I didn't want to let him down, so I decided to cast my doubts aside and throw for a starting position next practice.