Don't Quit

One of my first experiences of being ashamed of myself was in a footrace. For the wrong reasons I chose to go to Cal State University Fullerton instead of going to the University of Oregon. I shoulda left home (side note) Eugene Oliver Crawford MY DAD used to say if you put coulda woulda and shoulda in one hand and crap in the other which one will get filled first (end of side note) My roomate was a sprinter in high school, and challenged me to a race we would race for a mile. My mile times at the end of high school were in the mid-4 low 5 minute area. depending on which way the wind was blowing.. We took off he was off like a shot he had be by a half a lap by the time I got one lap down. By the way we got to 880 yards (yes it was a long time ago) he was laboring I started closing the gap by the way we got to the last 220 yards we were even. As we rounded the last turn he started his kick. I just knew I could not keep up with him and I shut it down. When we got to the end he told me "Manny I had nothing left I was done if you would  have kept on and sprinted with me I would not have had the gas to finish dude you had me dead to rights" I felt so ashamed and upset. I didnt believe in myself. I didnt have the guts to finish what I started. Now at this phase in my life I look at some of these things and think.  What if I would have fought for it?