Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.
My niece was very much caught up in the vampire craze for young adults, and she thought having a vampire boyfriend would be a cool thing. What do you do on a first date? The more I thought about it, the more fun I had imagining what you'd serve a vampire for dinner.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.