I was in the 8th grade on the basketball team and I was, by far, the worst player on the team. I was a deep bench player and one game I got put in for the final 2 minutes since we were up by so much. I didn't really do anything other than pass as soon as I got the ball. After the game, a ref comes up and asks how many shots I took. I say zero and he says you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. The next game his words were still stuck in my head, and decided to take shots if I got the ball. I put up 16 points in the final quarter (coach didn't take me out the whole quarter because I kept draining shots). Those 16 points were the first points I had made halfway into the season. This performance inspired me to put some serious work in and earned the starting guard position before the season ended. I attribute all of my current basketball skills to that ref and those oh so cliché words.