Coach Carter asked me about my deepest fear — what is yours?

I recently watched the movie Coach Carter for the first time. The movie was released back in 2005 and I definitely regret not watching it sooner. If you haven’t seen it — it is a biographical sports film drama based on the true story of a basketball coach — Coach Ken Carter — played in the movie by Samuel Jackson. I loved the movie — guess writing this blog makes that clear.

What inspired me the most is Carter’s leadership. It is unparalleled. And the dialogues. Every 5 minutes I had to stop and sink in the last dialogue, the coach said. His all-time favourite question to his team is “What is your greatest fear?”. And since I love asking myself questions — I took the liberty of interrogating myself with the same question.

Before I tell you about my greatest fear, let me first quote what “Timo Cruz” said in what is now my favourite movie of all time.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so other people won’t…