All athletes fail at some level. Some of us just do it sooner than others and in front of smaller crowds, or no crowds at all.
Professional and college athletes are (unfairly) famous for their failures — Bill Buckner for the ground ball that went through his legs, Rick Ankiel and his inability to throw strikes, Darius Washington and his missed free throws against Louisville that would have sent Memphis to the NCAA Tournament. The rest of us fail privately and ingloriously, but are haunted just the same.
