How Swimming Changed My Life

I was always told in high school that I am not good enough, That I am a loser , and I will never achieve anything in life! Just because I was simply fat and lonely. I accepted and believed that I wasn’t good enough and accepted that I am a LOSER. Everything changed one day when I was in my swimming class at my high school my freshmen year. I was swimming around and I asked a few swimmers if I should join the swimming team they all laughed and said,” swimming isn’t for fat people like you.” My gym teacher over heard what they said and called me over. He told me a speech that I will never forget in my life which he said, “ You’re a loser if you are going to let people define who you are and if you want to become a swimmer and prove these kids wrong you got to earn it because no one is going to hand you anything in life, you got to earn it!” I walked away ,but this time there was a fire inside me! I became motivated , I became hungry , and I wanted to prove everyone wrong espically to those kids that bullied me. I wrote three steps for me before summer. Which to become 160 pounds which I have to lose 40 pounds, to swim , and to become one of the best swimmers on the team. It wasn’t going to be easy, but it isn’t going to be impossible.

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I didn’t care what they thought of me. I had to go to a person that told me the speech that changed my life which was my gym teacher Mr.Binder. I went to him and he was shocked the way I look. I gave him a hug and told him, “without your amazing speech I would not be this person that I am today.” He smiled and gave me a hug and that hug meant the world to me. When it was swimming try outs these kids were speechless and didn’t say a word to me. I didn’t just beat them in swimming but humiliated them. Those kids had to respect me because I became the captain of my high school swimming