How Football Changed My Life

From a young age, I always loved playing football; being out on the field is one of the best feelings ever. The adrenaline, hearing the crowd cheering, scoring touchdowns; it a rush that goes through my veins and I cannot get enough of it. I would play because I enjoyed it, but I had no idea how the simple game of football would change my life for the better. Growing up I used to see my friends come home from little league practice everyday on school days and that really used to make me mad. They used to get home when the street lights were on and we were not able to come outside and play at that time. One day, I just told my mother I wanted to play football and she got me signed up as soon as possible. I never changed my mind to ever stop playing since that day. The first team I played for was the St. Clair Shore Green Hornets Youth Football, where I started learning the game of football and valuable …show more content…
He also introduced me to many schools such as University of Miami, Alabama University and University of Tennessee. I received my first athletic scholarship my sophomore year of high school from North Carolina State University. I was so excited to tell my parents that I would be going to college fully paid athletic scholarship at a top university. It was hard for me to wrap my head around it; everything was happening so fast and I was extremely happy that I got an offer. In fact, the offer lit a fire under me to earn as many as I could and this was the first of many more to come my way. I become more motivated each and every day. Therefore, I made sure I did what I had to do during the rest of my time at Cass Tech. I would show up to practice early and stay late if I had to, just to show the coaches that I’m fully devoted to the game. I pushed myself to thrive even on the days were I was tired, and I kept going because I knew my future depended on the effort I put