My Cultural Identity As A Student Athlete

Everyone has someone who they see as a very inspirational person in their life. For me, that’s Vince Lombardi, the former coach of the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Redskins. He led the Packers to a total of 89 games won, 29 lost, and 4 tied. Also led them to 5 championships, 3 NFL championships and 2 Super Bowl championships after the change was made. At the end of his career when he moved to Washington, he led the Redskins to a respectable 7 games won, 5 lost, and 2 tied. As a student athlete, I especially like to think of this quote, “To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price.” Not only does this quote effect my life in sports, it also effects my academic life. As the quote states, “whatever the job,” you must work hard to be great at whatever you do. Most high school students struggle enough just with all of the tough and demanding
Cultural identity is how you define your choice of lifestyle as. Some people choose to define their cultural identity by something that molds their everyday life. If I’m not working on school work, I’m either on the field for football or at the arena for throwing in track. The reason for this is because sports have been with me since I was young, but truly being a student athlete didn’t hit me until 2013, my freshman year of high school. Since I incorporated more challenging classes such as Physics and Algebra 2, I have really opened up my eyes that I have to work harder and have better time management skills in order to be successful in high school. Before in high school, I could finish my homework in class, go through practice, and have nothing to do at home. Now a days, I’m up until midnight at least every night and I have to wake up early everyday excluding Sunday either for a practice or a game. Being a student athlete has really helped me mature as a growing young