Football was and could be a life changing sport, it was for me at least. A sport that put the world in a whole different aspect from my view. Football has given me a platform, brothers, and a mindset. If I could I would urge every young teen entering high school to join their football team but sad part is football isn’t a sport for everyone. Only the physically capable and mentally tough can withstand four years of high school ball, unless you’re a kicker.
In middle school I wasn’t the brightest child. Constantly getting in trouble and failing many classes. I never failed physical education, and I was chubby back then! MY point is that I have always enjoyed and respected sports. Started playing basketball when I was 8 years old, …show more content…
His name was Fritz, he later became a really good friend of mine. I was scared but excited. I didn’t know the game too well, only what I had learned in middle school ball, but it didn’t stop me from trying. I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy but I was raised to never give up and I would survive no matter what. Freshman and sophomore year I was getting in a lot of trouble for dumb things, constantly disrespecting teachers and classmates and fighting in the locker rooms. Coach Fominaya always had my back and everyday would tell us things that I would take home and analyze, quotes and teaching what it is like to be a man or how to respect women and be a good person. I never got in trouble my junior or senior year. I respected the game and all my teachers got good grades and just tried to make it through high school, that was my …show more content…
It’s almost like the first day of freshman year summer workouts getting a taste of what the atmosphere is like. I have learned a lot about what life and being a man or integrity is like and I owe the world and more to the game of football. “Treat others how you want to be treated” is a quote many learned in elementary school. That was something I really learned in high school due to the fact that coach would be very strict on it every day always repeating it every day. I feel as if a lot of sports can do what football did for me but no sport will teach you how to love one another. No sport will teach you how fight for the person to the left and to your right no matter how tired, hurt or exhausted you are and I know every one of them would do the same for me. Lastly no sport will teach you how to be a man in general like football
In middle school I wasn’t the brightest child. Constantly getting in trouble and failing many classes. I never failed physical education, and I was chubby back then! MY point is that I have always enjoyed and respected sports. Started playing basketball when I was 8 years old, …show more content…
His name was Fritz, he later became a really good friend of mine. I was scared but excited. I didn’t know the game too well, only what I had learned in middle school ball, but it didn’t stop me from trying. I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy but I was raised to never give up and I would survive no matter what. Freshman and sophomore year I was getting in a lot of trouble for dumb things, constantly disrespecting teachers and classmates and fighting in the locker rooms. Coach Fominaya always had my back and everyday would tell us things that I would take home and analyze, quotes and teaching what it is like to be a man or how to respect women and be a good person. I never got in trouble my junior or senior year. I respected the game and all my teachers got good grades and just tried to make it through high school, that was my …show more content…
It’s almost like the first day of freshman year summer workouts getting a taste of what the atmosphere is like. I have learned a lot about what life and being a man or integrity is like and I owe the world and more to the game of football. “Treat others how you want to be treated” is a quote many learned in elementary school. That was something I really learned in high school due to the fact that coach would be very strict on it every day always repeating it every day. I feel as if a lot of sports can do what football did for me but no sport will teach you how to love one another. No sport will teach you how fight for the person to the left and to your right no matter how tired, hurt or exhausted you are and I know every one of them would do the same for me. Lastly no sport will teach you how to be a man in general like football