Passion

I believe in Football and the impact it has had on my life. For me Football have always been more than just a game to play with friends. To me Football was everything, I had Football posters, Football pillow cases, watched Football movies. My whole life revolved around Football. I’ve been consumed by it since the day I was born.

When I was young I was like any other kid except for I have always been short and until about age 11 I was skinny as a twig. These two faults in my genetic make up made it so it was hard for me to do some things I wanted to do. My favorite sport had always been football, but due to my size I did not meet the size requirements to play. So because of that I had to play other sports such as Dodgeball and Relay. Even as a child I knew playing these sports would only make me better, but mainly i just wanted to play football. Even though I was not always motivated to play these sports they had taught me a key element that would be necessary later in football and later in life that was teamwork.

By the time I reached Secondary school I finally could do what I always wanted to do and that was play football. As the years passed I had always been known to be a hard worker and thanks to what I was taught earlier I was a great team player on the field and was always rewarded for being that type of player. Due to this people on the team used to jokingly call me Lampard because my heart and love for the game was noticeable to anyone who knew me. While for some people football was only a seasonal thing, I was either lifting or running routes and going over things with coaches the whole year. Although I loved what I was doing it had setbacks because I was so devoted to football my grades and sometimes social life suffered.

Through out my secondary school years of playing Football, coaches would always constantly pound phrases in your head, such as never quit and fight through adversity no matter what the odds are against you and it will only make you stronger. All that time I never realized what all that truly meant. To me it was just things they had heard in there glory days and liked to yell at us. I knew those words had meaning, but I guess it just never clicked to me in Secondary school how important they really were.

After Secondary school was over and I began to enter my adult hood in the University I began to recall all the things sports had taught me and those phrases I had heard so many times. I began to realize that those weren’t just phrases they were keys to life to help you be successful. I started to figure out that the things they had pounded into my head all that time wasn’t just for the game those things were meant for me to know when I entered adult hood.

Football may be just a game played for fun, but in all reality the things that you learn in Football are taught to you for a significant purpose. As I think about it now I still haven’t totally got it implemented with my social life, but in school or at home, I constantly get complimented for my work ethic and my good team work. I look to implement the things I was taught in every aspect of my life.

As I look at things such as failures, disappointments and broken family’s, I wonder if all would have be the same if they had not pounded me with the things I had been told over and over again. Never quit, Fight through adversity and it will make you stronger these are phrases that if you stick to I have learned it will help you work through obstacles in your life.

All in all I feel comfortable going into my future after University with the characteristics and mind set I have developed through Football. Football have impacted my life by giving me the understanding that I can get past any obstacles that come my way with hard work and a will not quit attitude. I also feel that these are things I can pass on to my children and they can experience themselves through Football. Football have made a lasting impact on my life. For this I believe.
Result happen overtime not overnight. work hard,stay consistent and be patient #football #love #footballislife
@Pablo_Jr_6