My Love For Football

I don’t exactly remember the first time I played football. It was a long time ago. But I do remember my first time playing after I quit my freshman year. After my sophomore year, I was asking myself if I wanted to play football again my junior year but it just didn’t sound like the greatest thing. I was really focusing on basketball which is still my favorite sport so I decided against it. But, after my junior year I decided to play football again and give it another shot. I have always loved football but I decided not to play in high school because I didn’t think I’d be good considering how small I was. But now that I am not too small anymore, my perspective has changed and I decided to try it out again. And I couldn’t be happier with my decision. I am given an opportunity that not a lot of other people have in this …show more content…
It has taught me that it is important to work hard to achieve goals and that with those goals, comes satisfaction. Football has also brought me a lot closer to some people who I never thought I’d even be friends with. As an incoming senior, I went on the senior trip this summer for football. The coach told me he doesn’t normally let first year seniors go to the trip but since I had been to all the summer practices and worked hard, he would make an exception for me. The trip was one of my favorite experiences in football yet. I grew a lot closer to some of the other seniors on the team and I also bonded with all of them. While there, the coach asked us to share some things that weren’t easy for us to talk about. It got emotional but everyone there knew that everyone else had their backs and didn’t have to worry about anything because we’d be there for them no matter what. Then, of course, the next day we got to go white water rafting which I had never done before. I’d go again in a heartbeat with the exact same people. I will never forget the memories and bonds I created on that trip with the other