Growing up sports was always a big part of my life. While
playing sports i learned many good skills and qualities that translated to
everyday life, including school. I played multiple sports, my favorite was
basketball. Basketball allowed me to escape everyday life and it taught me how
to have a good work ethic, learn to take criticism, teamwork and how to be
passionate about something. All the skills and qualities that I acquired
allowed me to stay more focused in school and gave me the edge to want to be
the best student I could be. While excelling in school I always thought, how
could I use my intelligence and still hold on to sports after my athletic
career comes to a halt. Talking with my family and listening to words of wisdom
from people close to me, I came up with the idea that I could do business and sports management when I got to
college. Playing basketball was my life when I was younger and my goal was to
play in the NBA, as obstacles came in the way of that I switched to playing
football. Although I could not play the sport that I grew up on I still had my
passion for learning and my passion for sports. My main focus was only on
basketball and I wasn't trying to do or be anything except a basketball player.
The older that I got the more I came to the realization that things don’t
always go your way and you have to learn to be able to adapt to any situation
or environment.
Is it that you find you have adapted to football? Perhaps you learned to value football along the way?
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