“It is the worst day of my life today.” Peter said to himself when he walked home alone. His mind would not stop 1 what happened only just an hour ago on the school soccer field. How could he have missed scoring that goal? His stupid mistake made him 2 His team had lost the game 3 him. He was really worried that his coach might 4the team.
As soon as he walked through the door, his father asked, “What's wrong, son?” Peter's feelings were written all over his 5 “I lost the game,” Peter replied. “Look, Peter. I don't know what happened. But 6 it was, don't be too hard on yourself. ”
“I lost the game, Dad. I 7my team. They'll probably never 8 me play again. ” “Soccer is about team effort. You're not the only 9your team lost. If you have a good team, you should support each other. Besides, winning or losing is only half the game. The other half is learning10 to communicate with your teammates and learning from your 11”
The next day, Peter went to soccer practice with courage rather than fear in his heart. “Hey, guys.” he said to his teammates. “I'm really sorry about yesterday. We were so close to 12that game. But I think 13we continue to pull together, we're going to win the next one.”
To his surprise and relief, his teammates all nodded 14agreement. “Yeah,” they said, “don't worry about it. It's never just one person's fault. We should think about how we can do 15next time. ”
Peter smiled. It made him feel lucky to know that he was on a winning team.
