In the Million Dollar Throw the conflict started resolving when Nate Brodie started to believe in himself. Before, when he didn’t believe in himself he started failing in all of his games. Nate didn't think he could do it so he couldn't. Nate knew he was a good football player but he had to prove it to himself first. When Nate started trusting himself he finally started to win all of his games. The theme of the story is that in order to achieve things in life you have to believe in yourself. It connects to the real world because in order to do your job or to do anything you need to believe in yourself. If you don’t then you wont accomplish anything and no one will believe in your abilities because you cant prove them to people.