Why Soccer Is Important To Me

In all my years of growing up, I was raised to be a strong, mature adult with enough perseverance to go around the world. In all complete honesty, that is how everyone in this world should be raised; having the strength to push through the absolute limits without passing the thought of giving up or throwing it all away due to weakness in the mind. Giving up is something that should rarely visit the human brain unless it is completely necessary; it should always be a last resort. From a personal experience of rejection and pushing through excruciating pain along with all the limits it had to offer, I was able to learn that one small mistake should never be falsely accused as a final failure. Along with this, I was also able to identify my true self and who I really am …show more content…
These sports are my passion and I strive for the absolute best, well absolute personal best, in every single one of them. I’ve been playing soccer ever since I was about five or six years old. I kept up with this sport not just for the fact that I’m fairly decent at it, but also because I just enjoy playing. I enjoy the game so much that whenever college made its way into my mind, I instantly thought that soccer can be my ticket into my future education. Therefore, I started to focus on soccer by putting a lot of extra time in practicing all the critical things that could make me an overall better player. Over that certain amount of time, I showed a great deal of improvement in every aspect of my game and it gave me a significant amount of hope for my potential future. Unfortunately, I had soon to find out some devastating news from my uncle who personally knew some college coaches from some pretty big universities. Whenever my uncle invited one of those coaches to watch me play, he immediately said that I would not survive at the higher level just because I am a petite, small girl. This coach didn’t even bother to look at what I had to offer skillwise. He, instead, judged me by the way I