Jake Cullen Quotes

This story makes me think about how believing in yourself and working hard can basically help you achieve any goals you have in mind. Jake Cullen had stopped believing in himself for a brief period of time in the beginning of the book. He thought he had no chance of becoming the first string quarterback for Granger High. He kept getting down on himself for worthless thing like overthrowing a ball to Calvin, there #1 receiver, in one of Jake’s first practices. He continued to get down on himself until Coach Jessup, the offensive coordinator, helped him by having one-on-one sessions with Jake after practices. Coach Jessup would help him with his throws and tell him valuable things like “Be Jake Cullen, not Wyatt Cullen,” and “The #1 thing you need to remember is, as long as you believe in yourself, you can do anything.” After about a week or two into these practices with his coach, Jake had already changed, not only with his throws, but with his
Although Coach Jessup had helped him an awful lot with having faith in himself, his buddy Nate had also helped a ton. No matter how down Jake got on himself, Nate was always there to pick him up. While Jake and Nate were hanging out in town one night, Nate had said with confidence, “You will be the first string this season.” This seems like a normal thing to say because they are best friends, but it was the confidence that Nate said this with that really helped Jake actually think he had a chance to be the first string. This book had made me think about believing in myself because it showed the change in not only Jake’s attitude when he believed in himself, but it showed in his game also. In the end, I have realized from the book QB1 that anything is achievable as long as you have faith