"Athletics is like life. Sometimes you can do everything right and then still lose. It's all a journey. You do your best, and then you have to let go."

-Ken Washington-

A parent of one of my young athletes just wrote his thoughts on his son's recent elbow injury. He said we did everything right to avoid this, but unfortunately, it still happened.

Injuries, bad losses, getting cut from teams, bad coaches, all of these are things that athletes experience over time.

But such is life.

This doesn't mean you stop trying to do everything in your power to do things the right way.

You have to trust your process. If you do that, you'll expect the reality of sports and life, problems, disappointment, and adversity as part of it.

You do your best, and take what comes with it.