When Cincinnati Reds second baseman Jonathan India was his kid, his father always told him, “If you have confidence in anything, you’ll be great no matter what.” India’s dad was a professional bodybuilder, and India is a lot like him. Their confidence carries them through every challenge.
Last year, for the first time in India’s baseball career, he started to worry about that confidence. He was battling through a hamstring injury and a shin injury, which kept him from walking normally until October. India was playing on one of the worst teams in Reds history. He was getting in his own head, asking himself, “Did I not prepare well enough?