Personal Essay: How Football Changed My Life
Just like most other kids, I had a high passion for sports when I was younger. Ever since I was little I was always playing them whether it was soccer, baseball, or golf. But no sport ever got to me more, then what football did. Football was by far my favorite sport and I still play it today. I like to think football changed my life for the better. I is a sport where I can get away from everything else and relieve some stress. Football also taught me discipline which is a great tool for a young kid. I hope to enjoy this sport for the rest of high school. My football career all started in fifth grade. I remember me and my friends excitement building up all summer to start out long journey of football. Practice didn’t start till the end of the
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Not saying this is my last year of football but this is as far as i can write for now. Sophomore is as well a big deciding year of football. Your sophomore year is year the year that coaches look for younger players to move up to varsity. My biggest dream as a little kid. Playing varsity football for the sullivan eagles under those friday night lights. I always remember looking up to the varsity player and this year was my chance to walk in the footsteps of my role models. As the pre season went on I kept working harder and harder and finally my chance came. I got handed my varsity jersey and was playing under the friday night lights. What a moment it was for me. My dream as a varsity player coming true at the beginning of my sophomore year. The way I see it, football will never end for me. Not saying that I will play football for the rest of my life till i'm old because that’s just unrealistic. But the things I take away from football will always stay with me. The lessons I learned that help my with everyday football. But in short-term as I stand here as a sophomore, I will always be trying to improve myself. I will always be working for that starting varsity spot. Football for me is a never ending book. Just waiting to write the next
Not saying this is my last year of football but this is as far as i can write for now. Sophomore is as well a big deciding year of football. Your sophomore year is year the year that coaches look for younger players to move up to varsity. My biggest dream as a little kid. Playing varsity football for the sullivan eagles under those friday night lights. I always remember looking up to the varsity player and this year was my chance to walk in the footsteps of my role models. As the pre season went on I kept working harder and harder and finally my chance came. I got handed my varsity jersey and was playing under the friday night lights. What a moment it was for me. My dream as a varsity player coming true at the beginning of my sophomore year. The way I see it, football will never end for me. Not saying that I will play football for the rest of my life till i'm old because that’s just unrealistic. But the things I take away from football will always stay with me. The lessons I learned that help my with everyday football. But in short-term as I stand here as a sophomore, I will always be trying to improve myself. I will always be working for that starting varsity spot. Football for me is a never ending book. Just waiting to write the next