Never Give Up
I have faced much adversity in my life. The one time in my life where I feel I have faced the most adversity, was in basketball. Throughout my life I have loved playing basketball, but in ninth through eleventh grade in high school I started to hate it, because of all the adversity I faced. There were many factors that were tied up into all of this too. One factor was that I use to be so nervous playing, that it affected my game in a negative way. Another factor that tied into this was that I never got a true opportunity to really show how I can could play and help the team. The last factor that tied into this was that I wasn’t part of the clique of players that always played and hung out with each other. All these factors affected my love for the game of basketball and I knew I had to do something, so I did.
I have always been somewhat of a nervous person, especially at the start of something like meeting new people or the beginning of a …show more content…
I had the opportunity to transfer high school my senior year, and I did. I knew there were a lot of risks transferring but, I also knew there were possible rewards to it too. I did it though and it was one of the best decisions I have made in my life thus far. Throughout that year I made the varsity basketball team and was a starter every game. I was possibly the best player on that team too because I had the chance to play and show what I could do. We were good too, we lost less than a handful of games all season. I started to love basketball again and it was just a great year. I learned so much from going through this. I first learned to never give up, no matter what. I also learned sometimes the place i 'm at isn’t right for me, to live up to my potential. Sometimes for me to thrive and live up to my potential I will have to find the right place to do
I have faced much adversity in my life. The one time in my life where I feel I have faced the most adversity, was in basketball. Throughout my life I have loved playing basketball, but in ninth through eleventh grade in high school I started to hate it, because of all the adversity I faced. There were many factors that were tied up into all of this too. One factor was that I use to be so nervous playing, that it affected my game in a negative way. Another factor that tied into this was that I never got a true opportunity to really show how I can could play and help the team. The last factor that tied into this was that I wasn’t part of the clique of players that always played and hung out with each other. All these factors affected my love for the game of basketball and I knew I had to do something, so I did.
I have always been somewhat of a nervous person, especially at the start of something like meeting new people or the beginning of a …show more content…
I had the opportunity to transfer high school my senior year, and I did. I knew there were a lot of risks transferring but, I also knew there were possible rewards to it too. I did it though and it was one of the best decisions I have made in my life thus far. Throughout that year I made the varsity basketball team and was a starter every game. I was possibly the best player on that team too because I had the chance to play and show what I could do. We were good too, we lost less than a handful of games all season. I started to love basketball again and it was just a great year. I learned so much from going through this. I first learned to never give up, no matter what. I also learned sometimes the place i 'm at isn’t right for me, to live up to my potential. Sometimes for me to thrive and live up to my potential I will have to find the right place to do