From a friend's email:
A confident little boy was practicing baseball. He said: "I'm going to be
the greatest baseball player in the world!" Then he threw the ball up and
made a huge swing and missed.
He picked up the ball again, said: "I'm going to be the greatest baseball
player in the world!" threw the ball up, took a great big swing, and missed
again.
Once more, he said: "I'm going to be the greatest baseball player in the
world!" threw the ball in the air, made his biggest swing yet, and missed
the ball yet again.
He raised both his arms and cheered: "Hooray! I'm the greatest pitcher in
the world!!"