"I want to become Japan's Number One pitcher!
I want to lead the team to become Japan's Number One!
I think those are truly wonderful goals!!
But if you care about those goals too much, you will instead become bound by them...
If you cannot even see yourself anymore, then doesn't it all become meaningless?
Whatever you do, see it through completely!!
Do everything that can naturally be done, and do it thoroughly!
To borrow words that even Sendou often has on his lips,
Do everything humanly possible, then leave the rest to fate!!
You don't think your talent surpasses Sendou's, do you?!"
Furuya set down the Baseball Notebook in his hands, and a slight change appeared in his blank expression.
Coach Kataoka's advice was not forceful,
but even Furuya, who had not fully understood it, could still find many useful things in it!
"Thoroughly master the basics!" That was Furuya's summary of Coach Kataoka's words.
He could understand that the coach was right. Blindly charging ahead had made him suffer enough!
But what he did not understand was that those hardships were exactly what Coach Kataoka wanted to see!
That was growth too!!
Without damaging one's confidence, setbacks and hardships were accelerators that allowed a person to grow quickly!!
"But... where do I start?" Furuya suddenly puffed up his cheeks.
He knew roughly what the basics were, but there were quite a few kinds...
When it came to making plans and such, Furuya's ability was zero!!
So, following the principle of asking Sendou whenever he had a problem, he headed out...
When Furuya found Sendou, Sendou was on the phone, with a Shiba Inu crouching beside him. No, it was Sawamura!
That posture of his looked far too much like a Shiba Inu!
The moment Sendou saw them, he