Getting discouraged is almost daily in boxing; she ias a demanding jealous bich and it can never be good enough to please. But it is something worthwhile and special to even have the courage and the opportuinity to try; I am sure that a vast majority on this ste know what I mean , There are boxers and there are humans and , damn, are they missing out! Every day in the gym has its bits and pieces of diappointment- if you are very attuned to it, evry critical and demanding, there will always be something, even on those red-letter days that you feel as if you could fly. you can always come back tomorrow and try again, unless of course you come to realize that it just ain't your true calling; this isn't for everyone and there are precious few Roinsons out there. But if/when you hang 'em up you still tried- you had to be budgeoned out of what most fear to even try. Now, back in the days of fairly old yore, I suffered a pretty good hernia and a back injury. I was sore a few days but generally ignored it and went on with things. That was easy to do because I was in shape- 6'3", walking around @183- ad pain goes away. Ten years or so down the road and I can't hit the bags much ;my left shoulder ain't what it was, the back aches and the hernia don't help. So by now- a couple weeks ao I can barely move I'm sore and stiff all the time. A friend gets on me about it ad you know how when that spirit rises up...He gets me doing a variety of stretching exercises and I feel great . The only day I've felt bad since then was when when we didn't exercise. Doing pushups- building some strength back in the shoulder- and another day or two and 'll be hitting my chinups unassist, even if it is onlya couple of them. . It'll take longer than before to get my punches sharp but it'll come... The whole point of this being don't let discouragement throttle you until it becomes depression and takes your wind. If what happened in the gym ain't as you had hoped, why? Start there then fixit then fight it. Because it isn't about winning its about the fight, my friends