One of my favorite players at Indiana was Dane Fife.  He won the award for best player in his home state, Michigan.  He was supposed to be a star in college, but for some reason it never panned out.  He was still a starter but what was remarkable about him was he kept playing hard for the team, contributing as a solid player.  His contributions were more than his stat sheet.

The main problem with Fife was that he lost his confidence shooting.  He didn’t even average 10 points in his whole career, rare for a shooting guard.  He would pass up open jumpers and fans would beg him to shoot.  This was very painful to watch at times.  

For me, there would be games I would hit my 3s at a 50 percent clip and others  would be 0-fers.  It would often come down to whether I hit on one of my early shots.  The first few buckets would give confidence to keep shooting.

Fife ends up a school leader in steals and becomes a coach.

But the moral here is you must take the shot.  Whether it’s for a job, relationship, educational opportunity, dream.  You may never get that look again.  Take the f———- shot.