I don't know if it was really a failure, but a critical decision that I made was to play basketball in college instead of soccer. I had played soccer my whole life and was rather successful at it. However, when choosing a sport to play in college, I was faced with a difficult decision. When I was younger, I had always dreamed of playing soccer at a big time college, but the more I played basketball, the more I wanted to play it in college. In the end, I obviously decided to go with the basketball route. I started my first year out at Bethel College in Indiana and then transferred to Mount Vernon.
             I didn't really see any problem with my decision at first. It was a tough one to make, but I was happy with it. However, after watching some of the soccer games, I began to miss it and wondered if I should have chosen to play soccer instead. I always thought that basketball was just an all-around more exciting sport, and I still think it is. But, that never took away from my desire to want to play it in college. I think that determined a lot in my decision making. I do still miss soccer and wonder what would have happened if I would have pursued it further.
             It is kind of tough to determine the mistakes I've made in choosing soccer over basketball. I'm happy with the decision that I've made, but sometimes it is hard not to think of what would have happened if I chose the other. One mistake is that if I could have known which sport I was going to play for sure in college, I would have just given 100% to that sport and just concentrated on one or the other. It has helped me out by showing me that whatever I'm trying to accomplish, I need to go all out at attacking it. There is no point in giving half an effort, when it only makes sense to give 100% at everything.
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