The Favorites by Doak Anderson

There is always something you can improve on so you should always be looking for the opportunity to get better. Furthermore, being an athlete means there is someone better than you, so that means you have to work that much harder.

Me and my baseball team were traveling to Houston for a tournament, and were going in as the number one team, so we were favored to win it all.

On the first day, which is for bracket games, we destroyed both teams, giving us the number one seed for Sunday. Obviously we were confident going into our first game, so confident we stayed up late the night before messing around at the hotel. Some people even showed up late to the game, not giving them enough time to warm up. We ended up losing big time because we were not prepared. Embarrassing. After the game our coaches could not even talk to us they were so disappointed.

Looking back, we got so relaxed and comfortable at where we were, that we did not focus on what happened next. We still needed to be better.

I believe you should never be too comfortable because no one is perfect. No matter what it is there is always a way to be better.