Personal Narrative: My First Night Of Wrestling

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I remember back in seventh grade, I signed up for wrestling because it looked cool because you could slam people to the ground. Boy I was wrong. The first day they just conditioned us until we were about to die it felt like. I wanted to just quit but my favorite quote is my favorite bull rider cody nance, “ It was either be tough or get beat up and quit and I ain't never had much quit in me.” I wasn't about to get beat up and quit I signed up for it i'm going to do it. So I did.
It was the first day of December starts like an average day but that night was the first night of wrestling I signed up for wrestling to stay in shape. Because I was wanting to get into shape. But also cause it looked fun because you could kinda tackle people and slam

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