It's a lonesome walk to the sidelines, especially when thousands of people are cheering your replacement.
None of us really pushes hard enough. People always talk about playing over your head when you are up against someone really good. Maybe you don't play over your head at all. Maybe it's just potential you never knew you had.
Fear causes people to draw back from situations. It brings on mediocrity, it dulls creativity, it sets one up to be a loser in life.
In sports, teams win and individuals don't.
If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.