Personal Narrative Essay About Mistakes

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A moment i failed in life or that i took pretty hard was when it was my freshman year playing football. Knowing or expecting it to be difficult getting a possession on the team and remaining there was difficult. I practiced and trained for months. I was worried about failing and not being able to make the team I thought it was quite easy when I entered and I start practicing with the team.me and my team both did sprints and executions to preform to our top best. As I practice with them I gain more experience where my mistakes where and correct them.I made mistakes every now and then and when I did I made sure I never get it twice. When I wasn't able to get enough game time and I thought to myself that very day I'm done with this. So when

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