Narrative Essay About Football

Many people I know have learned many life lessons while playing the sport of football. Vince Lombardi, the Green Bay Packers former coach, has a quote that no sports editorial can disagree with. I survive by this quote every single day of my life. The quote says “Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” - Vince Lombardi When I was nine years old, my dad and always tossed the football around. We were always practicing since the season was only seven days away. The faster the days went on, the more nervous I got. I knew how to do everything when I was with my dad, but I didn't know how to
Can football be this emotional? Can it be this crazy? I still couldn't configure what my father was trying to explain to me. I was just an unintelligent 3rd grader who was playing tackle football for the first time. After two of intense weeks of practice, our first game was coming upon us. My team and had been waiting for our first game for almost our entire lives. As sprinted around the field before the game, our coach dragged all of us into the huddle. Our coach yelled that same quote that my dad had told me three weeks ago. I thought to myself, does every person who has coached or played football know that quote? Playing on the field, the team and I flight until the very end. After we lost our first game, I bellowed into bed deciphering that quote. I started google searching some of the words and finally figured it out. As multiple seasons of my football career went on, I lived on that quote on and off the field. Every single season I learned a new trait about myself. I survived off of that quote. It made me who I am as a person and as a football player. Football has turned me into the man I am