What is Success?

     What is success? people interpret success  in many different ways. My perception of success has changed drastically over time. when i was young i was told no matter what happened if i just try my best i would be successful. win or lose i just had to give it 100%. At the time that was fine with me as long as i got my Gatorade and snacks at the end of a game. even if it was a blowout loss. but as i grew older Gatorade and Granola bars were not enough anymore. i grew hungrier and the only thing that could satisfy my hunger was victory. Every game from that point on was a must win. That motto of give it your all and you will be successful wasn't good enough for me anymore. so with that being so i formed my own idea of success. for me success was winning the game in the sense of the team and performing well for me to be successful. but in saying that success can only be achieved if you know failure. Michael Jordan put it best when he said, " i have failed over and over again, that is why i succeed. life is full of success and failure. it takes one to know the other. in the sense of my basketball career i have failed many times but i also have been successful.