Wayne Gretzky. Larry Bird. Tony Gwynn. Tom Brady. These guys are among the greatest in the history of their respective sports. And at varying points during their careers, each one had a slump of some kind.

Now, of course, I’m nowhere near the caliber of athlete as a Derek Jeter or Michael Jordan or Emmitt Smith, so it’s not unreasonable to think I, too, can fall victim to an occasional slump. In fact, it’s all but inevitable.