It's the best school in the world . Something I've kind of learned while being at this level is you change as a person and you change as a player and you get faced with different challenges and you get faced with different obstacles as an athlete and as a person , and you kind of learn to settle in to who you are on and off the field . And I think for me , I learned more about taking care of myself , especially when you're younger and you're kind of going through it and you just train all the time and you're a kid and you throw yourself wherever you want , especially , I'm a goalie and you just throw yourself and it's so fun .
Yeah , that again , I mean , it depends on your situation where you're living . But I guess one of the biggest things for practicing and training is surrounding yourself with people who have either similar goals as you or people who are better you honestly because they will only make you better . Um I played at Wave Volleyball Club , shout out wave love those people love them .
Um I came from an A U team that was very IQ driven and I feel like that's something that I've been able to take with me and grow my journey to be a collegiate collegiate athlete . Like focusing on your own journey and your own path because we all move at different paces in life . And I think just continuing to work hard and not getting upset , I necessarily , things aren't going your way because like the right school , the right place , the right coaching staff , the right teammates , all of it is gonna fall for you in the right place at the right time for you just keep working hard .
I mean , people could just say that it's not easy but that , that's something you want to stay ahead of and just keep working hard , man . You got it , invest in yourself . Um Don't , don't go to a trainer and feel like they're ripping you off because they're charging you like 300 or $400 a month , uh $20 a session .
So , understanding maybe that wasn't the best pitch ever , but here's a positive that I can take from it or here's something I can learn and understanding that softball is a big game of failure . So the more that you're able to learn from it and grow from it , the better that you can be when training and when trying to reach those goals that you have for yourself . I balance my academics with my softball schedule by keeping a really good calendar and making sure that I'm on top of things and getting things started really early for me .
