Undergraduate / Girls shouldn't play soccer! - Incident or time when you experienced failure [2]

Option #2: Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn? (250-650)

"Girls shouldn't play soccer, they'll get too muscular and look like guys!"

Playing with the boys is intimidating. But I've been doing it since I was a scrawny nine year-old, and I was pretty good at it. I needed to play soccer like I needed to breathe. Even though the boys were getting bigger than me, I had no qualms trying out for the boy's team as a fourteen year-old.

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Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!