Reflection About Football

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Robert Griffin II once said football is football and talent is talent. But the mindset of your team makes all the difference. This goes a while back from my First four year in High school playing football was the key to my success in school. My motivation is to play football without it what am I going to do”? this quote is important to me , because it make me refresh on my past while playing football that the mindset of your team makes all the different. One thing that I learn is that you can 't play selfish you play selfish would end up hunting you at the end. In other way playing as a team would give you championship.

My freshman year in HS football was one of the year that one day i would sit back, and remember our accomplishment. This was one of the year that i learn allot from my coaches and teammate, it was my first year playing football, i didn 't know nothing about the game. My
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I didn 't know what to do at that moment, i was already falling in love with the game and it was only my second year i had felt like i let my teammate down. My dedication lead me into being successful in the football field but i was missing one thing which was my school work. When the coach call the team for a meeting and said to me i 'm sorry to tell you this but you are eligible to finish the season due to your grade. I was shock , football was just entering my life and i blow it away. I didn 't want to continue like this, i said to myself i was going to be a better student athlete . This can not continued anymore i have to change big time, before my junior year so i could finish what i started to accomplish. as i sit down to think about my mistake, i realize not being eligible to play was a great option for me why/ because now i was a honor student. This was a huge accomplish for me because it gives me

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