Passionate About Sports

Everyone has something they are strongly passionate about, whether it’s music, art, dancing, or learning. But for someone to be passionate about something, there has to be a special event that took place in their lifetime, something that really moved them and opened their eyes to something real. This particular passion not only impacted myself, but also numerous people around me. I had not thought very hard about how much sports has actually impacted my life until a couple years ago, when my teacher asked me “What is your passion?” The first word that popped into my head was sports. She asked "Why"? What I thought was an obvious answer came to my mind, because I enjoy and love watching every sport. There is not much more for me to say on the matter, but thinking back to how simply I answered those two questions, I am now beginning to wonder why I am so passionate about sports. Growing up in Haiti, the only sport I enjoyed was soccer because it was mainly the only sport there. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. There was no goal post, real grass, or soccer equipment. Teams for the organized soccer in my town, were selected based on how good you were. Therefore, only the best players had uniforms, coaches, and competitive matches. Most of my friends and I weren't good enough to even try out for those teams, but that didn't stop us from playing soccer. Every single day, even when it was raining, we'd play with four or five people on a team. Practice was in a grassy field filled with dirt that was near my house or my backyard. We'd sometimes use two shoes for one goal post. We'd play until it was too dark to see, or until our parents called us home to shower and eat dinner. My friends and I learned a lot of important lessons. The first lesson we learned was that to have a game, you need other people. We also learned that it is important to negotiate and agree frequently. We'd negotiate over the interpretation of a rule,