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...don’t want to go through your whole life winning,” Brent says. “Because then if something bad happens down the road, you can fall into some type of depression if you’ve never dealt with failure before and can’t see the silver lining in the clouds...
...Though Brent had his parents to teach him this method, Mike had to learn it the hard way. Playing Alabama during the 1982 season, Mike accidentally blocked his own team’s punt late in the fourth quarter, when he backed into the punter and the ball hit off his head. The play cost the Nittany Lions, who were down by just three points, the game, as the Crimson Tide recovered the fumble and went...
...When Brent had a similar moment in middle school basketball, giving up a steal that cost his team the game, it was this message of keeping your head up that prevented Brent from getting too down on himself...
Just like his dad, Brent’s team ended up winning the championship that year, and Brent, just like his father, had learned how to accept failure...
It’s a lesson that Brent still holds in great importance today. As an outfielder and pitcher for the Harvard baseball team, which has struggled early in the season with a 3-10 start, Brent is on the other side of the win column for the first time...