Try

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt

I commend you all for trying; for putting yourself out there because you want to learn, want to improve or are interested in something new.

I commend you for swallowing your pride, your excuses and your worry about what other people might think.

I commend you for finding that new or uncomfortable thing.

I commend you for saying yes.

I commend you all for the effort you put forth, regardless of the outcome.

As with the last, you will learn, you will adapt, you will get better.

You are learning, you are adapting, you are getting better.

Get out there, do it for you. You’ll be glad you did.

- Not Theodore Roosevelt