Reminds me of famed college football coach Urban Meyer. He started out playing Minor League Baseball. He wasn't very good. He called his Dad and wanted to quit.
His Dad told him NO, that he had to stick with it. He played two more years until he finally gave up. Now he is a coaching legend. Baseball was his DAD'S dream; not his.
Conversely, Derek Jeter once called his parents crying and said he would never make it as a baseball player. They encouraged him to stick with it. He did and now he's a Yankee legend.
The moral of the story? The cookie crumbles many different ways.