I would go 0-for-30 before I would go 0-for-9. 0-for-9 means you beat yourself, you psyched yourself out of the game.

The point is about mindset: missing thirty shots while still trying beats missing nine because the mind has given up. Failure from real effort is acceptable, but freezing yourself out through fear counts as defeat before the contest even ends. Nerve matters more than the scoreboard here.

Context reviewed 20 September 2026