"I hate swimming."
"Why do you hate swimming?"
"I've told you, like, a million times."
"What's so terrible about swimming?"
"Mostly, it's everything with the water."
"I see."
"It's too hard, and it doesn't make any sense, and it's just terrible."
"Are you saying you don't like it because it's a challenge? Because you have to try?"
[pause]
"No."
"Do you remember when you first started playing baseball? How you swung your bat like crazy and couldn't hit a thing?"
"Uh-huh."
"Do you remember how you practiced and practiced, and how you felt when you hit your first home run?"
"Uh-huh."
"Why do you think you can hit home runs and routinely beat the snot out of me when we play dingerball? Because you practiced and got better. Because you tried."
[long pause]
"Dad, everything you say is completely stupid."
