Who Actually Has the Courage to Cross the Line?

On the court, the line is simple: white, straight, perfectly drawn.

In a young athlete’s mind, it’s a wall.

On one side, everything familiar: drills, routines, approval.

On the other, mistakes, judgment, uncertainty… the unknown.

So most kids play safe.

They don’t jump, they don’t try, they don’t risk.

They just make sure they never touch the line.

But here’s the irony: The real game starts exactly past that line.

We love comfort.

It’s warm, predictable and full of reasonable excuses:

“Not today.”

“I don’t want to mess up.”

“Better safe than embarrassing.”

But sport and life, doesn’t reward safety.

It rewards courage.

The kind of courage that moves you forward even when your hands shake.

The courage to look at the unknown and say: “Alright… let’s see what happens.”

Only those who cross the line grow.

Everyone else just wipes it daily so it looks like it never existed.

The real difference isn’t between the talented and the untalented.

It’s between those who fear the unknownand those who challenge it.

Courage isn’t “no fear.”

Courage is stepping over the line even when fear is yelling in your ear.

So… on which side of the line are you today?

And how much longer until you take the step?

Most athletes don’t train out of passion, they train out of fear.

Fear of the bench. Fear of failure. Fear of that look from the coach.

They run faster not to win, but to avoid losing.

But fear never builds champions. Passion does.

Those who cross the line — into the unknown — find themselves.

Train with love, not fear. That’s how greatness begins.