Explain How Football Changed My Life

I was faced with one of the hardest choices I've ever faced in my life. I had to choose between the sport I played for over 7 years and eventually came to hate and the sport that I actually enjoyed and made me happy. To some this might be an easy choice, but to me it changed my life.

Football, this was a sport that I have played since as long as I can remember. This sport changed me and made me who I am today. Growing up, I use to enjoy going to practice everyday but as soon as i reached high school it all changed. I dreaded going to practice and I use to be so nervous before a game that I just wanted to go home, quit and never play again. As a year went by, the emptiness inside just kept growing and I never felt happy but I felt as if I had to play, as if I was obligated to play by my coaches, my teammates, and also by my family. So, as much as I hated it I kept playing, but the fire I use to have playing the sport just simply burned out and I was no longer having fun and I knew I had to do something about this. …show more content…
I remember going to my first practice and I immediately felt a sense of relief. I was in a new atmosphere in which I could start over and simply just enjoy sports for the first time in a long time. As soon as I stepped on that track, I instantly fell in love. It was just something about running on that track free of everything, free of your worries, free of life, knowing it was just you and that other person to your right or left. For that one fifty second race its as if everything in your life doesn't matter, its a chance for you to be