Persistence - Cut From The Team

“I was a freshmen, in the fall of 1985, and my coach cut me from the team, apparently thinking of me as a lost cause.  He told me that wanting to play basketball and being able to play were two different things.  He suggested I tryout out for another sport – possibly be a goalie in soccer – because I surely wasn’t going to make it in basketball.  I was too clumsy, too slow, my feet were too big.”  Shaquille O’Neal