Peter kept his eyes on the ground. He felt like there was a heavy weight on his shoulders as he walked home alone. It was the worst day of his life. His mind would not stop thinking about what happened only just an hour ago on the school soccer field. How could he have missed scoring that goal? He had let his whole team down. His stupid mistake made him angry. His team lost the game because of him. He was really worried that his coach may kick him off the team.,The Winning Team,As soon as he walked through the door, his father asked, “Whats wrong, son?” Peters feelings were written all over his face. “I lost the game,” Peter replied. Then he went into his room without another word. Ten minutes later, Peter heard his father knocking on his bedroom door. He opened the door to let him in. “Look, Peter. I dont know what happened. But whatever it was, dont be too hard on yourself.”,“I lost the game, Dad. I failed my team. Theyll probably never let me play again.” “Soccer is about team effort. Youre not the only reason your team lost. If you have a good team, you should support each other. Besides, winning or losing is only half the game. The other half is learning how to communicate with your teammates and learning from your mistakes.” Peter didnt say anything but what his father said made him think carefully.,The next day, Peter went to soccer practice with courage rather than fear in his heart. “Hey, guys,” he said to his teammates. “Im really sorry about yesterday. We were so close to winning that game. But I think if we continue to pull together, were going to win the next one.” To his surprise and relief, his teammates all nodded in agreement. “Yeah,” they said, “dont worry about it. Its never just one persons fault. We should think about how we can do better next time.” Peter smiled. It made him feel lucky to know that he was on a winning team.,彼得的眼睛盯着地面，当他独自一人走在回家的路上时觉得双肩沉重。今天是他人生中最糟糕的日子。他脑海里总是不停地想一个小时之前发生在学校足球场上的事。他怎么会错过那个球了呢？他让整个球队失望。他愚蠢的错误使他很生气。他的球队因为他输了那场比赛。他很担心教练会把他开除。 他一走进家门，爸爸就问：怎么了，儿子？”彼得的感觉都写在了脸上，“我输了比赛”彼得回答，然后没说一句话就走进了他的房间。十分钟之后，彼得听到爸爸敲他卧室的门他打开门让他进来。“看，彼得，我不知道发生了什么，但不管结果怎样不要对自己要求太苛刻。,胜利之队,“我输了比赛，父亲。我让球队输了。他们可能永远不会让我踢球了”。“足球需要团队合作，你不是你们球队输了的唯一原因，如果你们有一个优秀的球队应该互相支持。除此之外，输赢只是比赛的一半。另一半是学会如何与队友合作并从错误中吸取教训。彼得没说什么，但是爸爸的话使他陷入了深思。 第二天，皮特并没有害怕，而是勇敢地去参加足球训练。他对队友们说，“我对昨天的事感到很抱歉，我们几乎要赢得那场比赛，但我想只要我们继续团结一致，我们就会赢得下一场比赛。” 令他惊讶和欣慰的是，他的队友全都赞同地点头。他们说，“不要担心，那绝不是一个人的错，我们应该考虑如何在下次比赛中做的更好。 彼得笑了。知道了他在胜利之队这让他感到很幸运。,