If you never try in your life, you will get nothing out of it. You cannot flunk school and expect to get into Notre Dame or Harvard. You also cannot only try on Mondays or something and give up for the rest of the week and expect to have the same amount of success as someone who is entirely dedicated to their work, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The same applies to sports. Yes, some people are naturally more athletic than others, but if they never try, they will not be very good. The person who works hard every single day will end up performing much better than the person with inherited but no acquired talent. Perseverance is one of the hardest things for me to do, and I am sure it is really hard for others too. Take cross