By Brother Eryck McCown
Don’t give up. Things may not be going your way but… don’t give up. A famous basketball player (Michael Jordan) once said, “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Michael kept trying and trying again. Sometimes he failed and sometimes he succeeded. He learned from his mistakes. He kept trying and trying and never gave up.
Obstacles will come and try to stop you from succeeding. When they do, don’t give up, keep going. If Jackie Robinson gave up when he was playing baseball, African American may have never been able to play baseball in the same league with others. But he didn’t. That’s why African Americans can play in baseball in the same league and on the same league as others.
If the United States would have given up in World War II, the United States would be a communist country lead by a fascists dictator that would not care for anyone. But it didn’t. That’s why we are a democratic and capitalist country.
When you give up, you are showing that you are weak and can’t go on. If you give up you won’t succeed in what you are trying to do. Keep moving forward and don’t look back.