What childhood lesson has always stuck with you?

A childhood lesson has that has always stuck with me is never give up. Even though you hear this saying throughout your life there was one time during life when this lesson had made a big impact in my life. In 8th grade I was a chubby little kid and it was my first year playing soccer for apollo. I made it through that preseason and season but man was I exhausted and I did not think i could play another season and do that again. We won only won game that season, so I was not very happy about that and I wasn't really having fun anymore. So when our coach came to my middle school and called anyone who wanted to play soccer the following year to the office to get some information about it....I didnt go. I did this because I thought I didn't want to play anymore and to want to go through the conditioning again and lose almost every game again. But a week after the soccer meeting I "personaly was called up to the office. I didn't know who it could be or for what reason, but when I got to the front there I saw my coach and one of the guidence teachers. They asked why I didnt want to play anymore and they told me that you can only do this once in your life. They said if i gave up now there was no way I could get back into it, they said I shouldn't give up and keep working hard and it will all pay off in the end. I started to tear up, I was a cry baby back then, but I said ok and I said I guess i could give it another try. So here I am now a senior still playing soccer and having a great time doing it. We have a great chance to win district and even region as long as we never give up!