One of the important traits I have emphasized frequently
over the years in my writing on youth sports is one that I believe is
under-valued: humility. That may seem to
be a foreign notion given our modern-day propensity for believing that
“success” is driven by positive self-esteem and self-confidence. But humility,
to me, remains an essential individual quality—a true virtue, to use an
old-fashioned word—in the ongoing and healthy development of young athletes
(and people in general).