I have played soccer for long under the FALSE premise:

Follow the ball through,
Anticipate the play,
Look at the ball,
Stretch for the ball,
and above all,
Endure!

*****

In soccer,
perhaps more than any other sport,
one's inadequacies are repeatedly,
mainfested to oneself and the world,
at the same time!
The only grace is the hope of,
more chances!