Spencer Jones made a LinkedIn post about having two game winners hit on him in the same week
Everybody wants the moment.
Nobody talks about being on the wrong side of it.
Last week, I had two game-winning shots hit on me.
And yeah… that’s the part no one signs up for.
But it comes with the job.
When your role is to be a defender, to take on those matchups, to be trusted in the biggest moments… you’re also accepting the risk that sometimes, it won’t go your way. That’s part of it.
You don’t get to choose when those moments find you.
You only get to choose if you’re willing to step into them.
In most careers, failure is private.
In sports, it’s public, loud, and immediate.
But avoiding failure often just means avoiding responsibility.
And I’d rather be the one in the play than watching it.
Because being trusted in those moments means you’ve earned your way there. And over time, continuing to show up in those situations is what separates you in the end.
The outcome doesn’t always validate the process in the short term.
But the willingness to keep stepping into those moments… that’s where growth actually happens.
In business, it’s no different.
The people who grow the fastest are the ones willing to take the shot, own the outcome, and step back in again.
The moment doesn’t define you, your response to it does.
Sometimes people just hit tough shots. That’s life.