| You must be wondering how sports like | | | | discourage your own team mates. Carry |
| baseball can teach anyone the values and | | | | yourself with pride. |
| principles to be followed in life! | | | | - Try, try till you succeed! Do not be a |
| Parents take their children to the | | | | coward and never give up. You should |
| fields and teach them the sport. | | | | have the fire in you and the |
| Baseball is, thus, a symbol of the | | | | determination to succeed. If you are |
| bonding between parents and their | | | | confident, no one can drag you down. You |
| children. | | | | need to be relentless. |
| Baseball creates an atmosphere of | | | | - Do not pity yourself and never give an |
| excitement. The practice sessions in | | | | opportunity to your opponents to gain |
| summer, everyone playing different | | | | joy from your inability to cope up with |
| positions, no one keeping score, | | | | defeat. Do not get frustrated and lose |
| everyone enthusiastic and engaged; | | | | your calm. Ignore factors like the |
| everything is so energizing. | | | | weather, the final score, the umpire's |
| Baseball is passing down as a legacy, | | | | judgment, all of which are not in your |
| strengthening family love, teaching the | | | | control. Plan for the next event as |
| principles of life, sharing joy and | | | | future is very much in your control. |
| victory, sorrow and defeat. Baseball can | | | | Changing the past is not possible. So, |
| add spice to our lives. | | | | do not crib about it. |
| Baseball teaches us to take up any task | | | | -Analyze your mistakes. Play smartly and |
| with enthusiasm, optimism and with | | | | honestly! You are accountable and the |
| appreciation for the opportunity to | | | | way you react to circumstances, reveals |
| participate. | | | | a lot about your personality. |
| There are nine rules of baseball which | | | | -Focus on one thing at a time. If you |
| can actually become the nine steps | | | | are a base-runner, do that job well. If |
| towards a successful life. | | | | you are a fielder, a pitcher or a |
| These rules are as follows: | | | | batter, you need to concentrate on the |
| - If you lose, do not make excuses. | | | | work assigned to you. |
| Accept your mistakes, work hard to | | | | -Give your best shot and stop worrying |
| improve them and never blame others for | | | | about the results. |
| what you did. Excuses will never let | | | | -Be good learners. |
| your mistakes become pillars of your | | | | -Be a true warrior, one who, in his |
| success. | | | | pride, does not forget that he can also |
| - Maintain your dignity while you play. | | | | lose next time. Achieving success is not |
| Play fair. Do not taunt others and do | | | | difficult but retaining that success is. |
| not pass comments on your opponents. | | | | So, remember, people do different things |
| Play with a team spirit and never | | | | but winners do things differently. |