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A Hard Life of Weak People

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Throughout much of my Elementary, and Middle School days, I never had a something that had truly “kill” me. But when High School arrived, I was soon killed. Receiving my first taste of being broken or killed, that was when I had shaped into the person I am today. It is truly useful when you are found weak while being challenged, and it is also acceptable to admit that you failed at something. These are factors that push you to become a stronger, and wiser person along the journey of life.

Nowadays, I feel it is a great opportunity to be found weak when challenged because it gives you the time to figure out what you need to improve on. When the next challenge comes, you will be ready and will be found “strong.” I feel this way because my Basketball Coaches have continuously challenged the team and I physically, but most importantly, mentally in every practice. Being critiqued every single play brings you all the way down. Getting yelled at, having to run after mistakes, getting lectured, I carried on after. As a young Sophomore going through his second season on Varsity, my confidence took a beating from my Head Coach. I was not told I was, “weak,” but you could see it through my coaches’ actions and decisions that I was indeed a weakling. I would get yelled at the most, I would be taken out of the game after only 2 minutes of playing, I would see the bench for the remainder of the game instead of the court, it was tough. I know a lot of former players who had stopped playing the game of basketball due to some of my coaches’ criticism. I would have joined that group, but I took my Head Coach’s criticism constructively. Of course I did not have a positive view on his feelings about me at first. His criticism had killed my love for the game, my confidence, and me. I was not mature as person nor was I mature as a player either. I sent pure hatred to the game, and to my Coaches. I did not want to feel about this way towards my passion. I made the change, which was to simply listen to my coach. I learned that I was making the game harder by not doing what Coach ordered me to do. When I listened, I would make the right play. Once I saw the change, I worked to improve off from it. I grew from being an unreliable player, to a trustworthy floor general. I am not perfect though. I still take criticism here and there, but it does not kill me like before. A big benefit I had gained from being killed by criticism was that I became, “thick skinned,” as my Coach would say. I learned to understand that my Coach’s criticism should be taken as a way to improve on yourself and do the right thing. Not being sensitive and soft skinned has transcended from the court to real life situations.

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From being a sensitive, soft skinned player and person, to becoming a thick skinned person, accepting failure is something that I picked up along the way. It is not bad to admit that you failed at something. A lot of people might think it is bad to admit that they failed, which is understandable because they are probably used to succeeding so much and not making mistakes. Failing at something will not end your life. What separates the strong from the weak is that the strong people will learn from their failures and transform them as opportunities to become a better person. Weak people will continue to focus on their failures and will become less likely to take risks in life. From there, the weak will not take their chance at opportunities because they feel as if failure will always be the outcome. You must be able to embrace your failure and not allow it to kill you because you will not be able grow to your full potential as a person if you think you are always going to fail. If it weren’t for my Coach’s criticism all the time my Sophomore year, I would have never been the team’s Most Valuable Player my Junior year. If it weren’t for the F’s I had on my math tests for the last quarter of the year, I would have never had the A on my final. The failures pushed me to work harder. One night I said to myself, “Failure does not define you but the rebound is what defines you.”

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