Personal Narrative: The Inspirational Soccer Coach

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The Inspirational Soccer Coach

She arrived in 7th grade, at first she was really shy and quiet, but I guess over the years she got used to my loud voice and strange personality that she started acting like her true, clumsy, funny self. She was the “new kid” at middle school and I bet she felt weird since most of us freak out when a new student comes and we immediately develop a staring problem, anyways, I met her in band, she told me her name was Veronica. I first saw her and I noticed she had brown eyes, big, poofy, black hair, and not to mention, that she had big cheeks that popped out of her face the second she showed her spaced teeth with a gentle smile and her height was around 5’2. She would always wear simple clothing, T-shirt, skinny
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We got even closer to each other and we became unseparated. Year 2015 came and we were ready to go to Highschool, I was super excited to start playing soccer, since I was little I wanted to play. I would just watch the players on the television and imagine myself running, dribbling the ball to score for my team. I never had the chance to play when I was a kid because my parents were afraid the guys on the team would push me or I would break a leg, so when I knew I was going to get the opportunity to play, it felt like I could spread my wings and …show more content…
How come many people in life are successful? They worked hard for what they succeeded for and for what reason did they succeed? Because they had a dream. A dream that would lead them to work hard for their success. I would always remember Veronica’s her big inspirational speech and by that speech, I would believe and try harder at soccer. Even if someone was more skilled or more experienced, I would try my hardest I could to achieve what I wanted to do, I didn’t care anymore what my limits were, I could do anything, I felt like I was

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