When I first played high school football, I was a tiny freshman who was lost and too self- centered to see the good football would bring to me. Now I believe football has shaped me into a man. It has taught me to be aware of my surroundings. It has taught me to listen and respect my coaches. It has taught me brotherhood with my teammates. I would be a wingman and get stuck with the ugly fat chick with a third eye any day for my brothers. It has taught me to fight for others on my team. It has taught me desire and compassion, to win.
I remember like it was yesterday. When I was eight years old I would walk to the car twenty minutes early fully suited. I had my helmet buckled up tight, my cleats tied tight, and even my mouth piece already in. …show more content…
Playing football taught me to never give up when things didn’t go our way, fix my own mistakes when I would mess up, fix others mistakes, and to stay out of my head. Football is definitely more of a mind game than others think. Is my opponent in my head? Is my coach in my head? And it’s hard to keep myself out of my head.
Making a mistake doesn’t mean I lose focus, throw in the towel, and quit. It means I shake whatever is going wrong off and go out there and make something out of nothing. Football has taught me not to worry about the tiny things, and to be able to accept failure or except losing but never stop trying.
I’m seventeen years old. I have been playing football for many years. And the most exciting part of my day is football practice. Weather I want to or not (I usually don’t) I get it done everyday. My favorite part about practice is that I learn everyday. I learn to be better at the sport I love and I learn to be a stronger man from the men I love. As the years go on, and as I get older, the game gets a whole lot faster and way more physical. It becomes more advanced and more challenging, it’s like a book to a Coach Flatt, a banana to a chimpanzee, or knitting to an old lady. Football has taught me to be the best athlete I can be. But if football has taught me anything it has taught me to be the best man I can
I remember like it was yesterday. When I was eight years old I would walk to the car twenty minutes early fully suited. I had my helmet buckled up tight, my cleats tied tight, and even my mouth piece already in. …show more content…
Playing football taught me to never give up when things didn’t go our way, fix my own mistakes when I would mess up, fix others mistakes, and to stay out of my head. Football is definitely more of a mind game than others think. Is my opponent in my head? Is my coach in my head? And it’s hard to keep myself out of my head.
Making a mistake doesn’t mean I lose focus, throw in the towel, and quit. It means I shake whatever is going wrong off and go out there and make something out of nothing. Football has taught me not to worry about the tiny things, and to be able to accept failure or except losing but never stop trying.
I’m seventeen years old. I have been playing football for many years. And the most exciting part of my day is football practice. Weather I want to or not (I usually don’t) I get it done everyday. My favorite part about practice is that I learn everyday. I learn to be better at the sport I love and I learn to be a stronger man from the men I love. As the years go on, and as I get older, the game gets a whole lot faster and way more physical. It becomes more advanced and more challenging, it’s like a book to a Coach Flatt, a banana to a chimpanzee, or knitting to an old lady. Football has taught me to be the best athlete I can be. But if football has taught me anything it has taught me to be the best man I can