Narrative About Wrestling

Throughout the coarse of my life, I have been searching for a challenge. I wanted to know who I was, and what I was really made of. It didn't matter to me whether this challenge came mentally of physically. About 6 years ago I found what I was looking for. The toughest sport know to man, wrestling. Wrestling has always been a challenge, physically and mentally; however, three years ago my true test came to me. That was getting a new coach. I would quickly find that he was a young tough strong willed individual that would push me further than ever before. His name is Nick Milano. He would, in a figurative sense, become my obstacle that I would have to overcome. As a 15 year old kid, Coach Nick would put me through hell and back, all …show more content…
I earned straight A's for the first time in my life that year. As for wrestling, my coach and I work together to completely change my wrestling for the better. The workouts were much harder, and longer. Day in day out, I worked. I had injuries along the way. I was cut, beaten, battered and bruised. I lost. I won. I kept it in the back of my mind that I was gunning for that title. Sadly, I lost at the state tournement. After grieving for the rest of that weekend, I knew what I had to do. I went right back to work. It is the start of my senior season and I haven't stopped working since that day I got home. Practice after practice. Workout after workout. Day after Day. I haven't stopped thinking about what could have been, and keep looking forward to what will be. This is am ongoing battle that I am ingaged in, and only time will tell that outcome. All throughout my time in this beloved sport I have faced many challenges and adversity. They have all been for the better. It is my opinion that it is not what you do that defines you, but how you handle the obstacles that are in front of you. Will you lye down and role over, or get up and fight. I knew that if I could make it through wrestling as one of the