Practice Makes Perfect

I have to admit that I don’t know a lot about being a father. I know about the “natural instincts”, but there are simple things that I should know like how to change a diaper.
And the only thing that would make me feel comfortable before the baby arrives is to practice. I feel funny about putting a diaper on a doll (I mean, playing with dolls is girls stuff, right?) But if I don’t practice how will I expect to perform when it’s “Game Time”.

I could wait to see if “instincts” kick in and I can naturally do a little girl’s hair (if it’s a girl), but I want to practice. Practice makes perfect.

And my most recent attempt to practice came at my parent’s house. My mother purchased this “baby bag”, for me to carry my child around. You know the ones that can be worn forward, backwards, to the side. (Any way but upside down) So I tried it on…No problem. I guess this “instinct” thing is real, right? Maybe I don’t need to practice.

Maybe I can take the Allen Iverson approach to the whole subject of “practice”.

In a 2002 press conference a young and pretty confident Iverson stated, “If I can't practice, I can't practice. It is as simple as that. It ain't about that at all. It's easy to sum it up if you're just talking about practice. We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about practice. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about practice, not a game, not a game, not a game, but we're talking about practice…I know it's important, I honestly do but we're talking about practice. We're talking about practice man. We’re talking about practice. We're talking about practice. We're not talking about the game. We're talking about practice. When you come to the arena, and you see me play, you've seen me play right, you've seen me give everything I've got, but we're talking about practice right now.”

Yeah,…well,…maybe not… because with a new life, it’s always “game time”. And if I don’t practice now, then I may not be able to perform at my best. Plus, what Allen should have pointed out is that for years and years and years before he became the “franchise player”, he practiced night and day. He worked hard to become the player he is today. He worked on his game when there was no one around. When there was no one there to push him, he pushed himself. He practiced hard to be the best…

And so will I…because practice makes perfect.