That statement applies to a lot of other scenarios outside of sports too. Regardless, I had a friend that played ball at a military affiliated college. After the first year he was sure he made a mistake. He prepared a presentation and plan for going forward. He sat down with his dad and before he started talking his dad told him that if he was going to say anything but that he was going back for his sophomore year that he was wasting his breath. He folded up his presentation and ended up graduating from there. In hindsight he said he is so glad his dad made him stay.