Personal Journey In Mike Piazza's 'Long Shot'

What is a personal journey? In my opinion a personal journey is an experience that changes the character and also changes their attitude towards their goals and dream. There is a big journey in Long Shot the autobiography of Mike Piazza arguably one of the best batters in his position in MLB history. Mike Piazza was compelled to start his journey to the MLB because he believed that his dream would come true and because he didn’t wanna let down his family since they believed in him. Along the journey to fame he learns 1)Hard work pays off 2)never give up 3) don’t let anyone's words or actions ever effect or get to you.

First off let's go through what compels Mike Piazza to go off on his personal journey to pro baseball. I believe that it is because it is his the dream he wants to happen so desperately. I can prove from where it says in his book on page 33 when Tommy Lasorda dodgers manager says “‘And, one day I’m going to sign him’” and he then says “With my goal clarified and my expectations taking flight”. As you can he believes in himself

You could hear it all the way down the street. He was out there a lot.” Here is where you hear the neighbor describing all the hard work put in and then when he made it big he realized it was all worth it. The second thing he learned is never give up take for example when everyone came and said he can’t make it his catching is sloppy but he never gave up and he is now because he didn’t give up one of the best Catcher’s. The third thing he learned on his long personal journey is don’t let anyone's words or actions ever effect or get to you.on page 42 it shows when a scout ask the father “‘Didn’t you ever put at a glove on his hand.” So the scout was basically saying his catching skills are bad but he never let that get to him brushed it off and worked hard in the offseason to work on his