Most Significant Moments

There are many different moments that define someone’s life. The most significant moment might happen when you are 2 years old, or maybe when you are 70. I personally think this moment has yet to surface in my life. With that being said, the most salient moment in my life so far would have to be when I decided to sign up for the football team.
One day I was relaxing at home after school when I heard about the weight training program the high school offered for football players. My friend encouraged me to try out the weight lifting and determine if I wanted to play later. My mom didn’t want me to play because of all the news she heard about concussions and injuries. I told her that I was going to just do the weight program and we would talk
No, I didn’t end up hating or liking it, I loved it and was immediately hooked. We practiced for two weeks that spring and then we were off to team camp.
Team camp was a whole other story, we rode a bus to evergreen state college and got settled into the dorms which is what we would be staying in for the 4 days we were there. All we did was play football, eat, and sleep. We woke up bright and early ate breakfast, practiced, ate lunch, practiced again, then scrimmaged other teams. Going up against another team for the first time was exhilarating. Getting to ball up all of my anger and release it by hitting someone as hard as I could is the best feeling in the world.
After playing against other teams I realized how much passion is poured into high school football, now that is what really drove me to get better. The people you meet is one of the best parts of football, the relationships you form. The reason football has changed my life so significantly is because a football team is like a family, in a way they are like brothers you can always count on to have your back when no one else does. I wouldn’t trade football for anything else in the world and I don’t want to stop playing anytime