President and American author, Theodore Roosevelt, said, “With self-discipline, all things are possible.” This is something that I would say can apply to not only every athlete but anyone trying to accomplish anything in life. My parents have always pushed me to be involved in activities and put forth effort in all that I do. As I have grown up, there have been several lessons I’ve learned from cross country that influenced my choices today. My work ethic in all that I do can relate back to the experiences and values that cross country has taught me.
In the hope that I would be a star volleyball player, I urged to play in middle school; however, volleyball is a word that should not be in my category of something I’m great at, or even good at …show more content…
Middle school was going to be bad for me in the volleyball department and I’m glad my parents recognized that before me and encouraged me to try something different. As I was staring at the sign-up sheet one day, I thought “What the heck is cross country?” That’s when I wrote my name down. I remember asking my mom to explain it to me and thought “I'm only doing this because I’ve got to be better at running than volleyball, right? How hard can it even be?” I was wrong. It was harder than I thought to run as fast as I could for 1.7 miles. Striving to better my time each race, I was confident that this was now my favorite sport. It was a frigid, frosty Saturday morning. We all packed into the chilled, rusted school bus, and set out for …show more content…
At the time I didn’t know it, but looking back it is clear that going out for cross country changed my life. Discipline is one of the biggest characteristics I have gained through doing cross country. This characteristic has been built up with each lesson I’ve learned during my six years of running. I think this new found love for running along with the life lessons I’ve learned will help me succeed in anything I put my mind to. I am confident I will enjoy running for many years ahead because of the experiences and values that been installed in me. No matter the distance or the pace, running is something that I can use as a stress reliever, and I will definitely not be hanging up the running shoes anytime
In the hope that I would be a star volleyball player, I urged to play in middle school; however, volleyball is a word that should not be in my category of something I’m great at, or even good at …show more content…
Middle school was going to be bad for me in the volleyball department and I’m glad my parents recognized that before me and encouraged me to try something different. As I was staring at the sign-up sheet one day, I thought “What the heck is cross country?” That’s when I wrote my name down. I remember asking my mom to explain it to me and thought “I'm only doing this because I’ve got to be better at running than volleyball, right? How hard can it even be?” I was wrong. It was harder than I thought to run as fast as I could for 1.7 miles. Striving to better my time each race, I was confident that this was now my favorite sport. It was a frigid, frosty Saturday morning. We all packed into the chilled, rusted school bus, and set out for …show more content…
At the time I didn’t know it, but looking back it is clear that going out for cross country changed my life. Discipline is one of the biggest characteristics I have gained through doing cross country. This characteristic has been built up with each lesson I’ve learned during my six years of running. I think this new found love for running along with the life lessons I’ve learned will help me succeed in anything I put my mind to. I am confident I will enjoy running for many years ahead because of the experiences and values that been installed in me. No matter the distance or the pace, running is something that I can use as a stress reliever, and I will definitely not be hanging up the running shoes anytime