My whole life I've been dedicated to playing football. It has changed my life, and me as a person in ways I couldn't have imagined. I developed a strong passion for the game because it has helped me get through difficult parts of my life and has allowed me to take away, as well as learn, new things. Even though it's just a sport that people play for fun, it has helped me grow into who I am as an individual today.
The game of football has changed me a lot as a person, especially through the years of high school. It undoubtedly has made me more mature as the years went on, from being a freshman to, now, a senior. For example, I'm a captain on my varsity football team, which means I have to be a leader. To be a leader you have to possess maturity, and I know that's what I developed strongly over the years of playing, so I knew I could handle the job. Not only has football changed me on the field, it's changed me off. Becoming a successful football player you have to learn how to manage your time. Being a student athlete, I definitely had to learn quick how to manage my time through both football, and my school work. Football has allowed me to grow
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Fortunately, we are able to have someone or something to help get through those tough obstacles in life. Mine is football. It has always been something that helps me get away from everything and allows me to clear my head. It works so well because I have a strong passion for the sport. When i'm out on that field, that's the only thing I'm worried about. Football has additionally permitted me to create great friendships. It allows me to create a bond and substantial trust within the team because I’m with them almost everyday; they become a family. It brings me closer to them as people as well because they endure the same struggles and pain out on the field. All the blood, sweat, and tears that I persevere though, I do it with my family. My
One incident that happened to me that change how I thought about sports was when I first started playing soccer. It all started when my mom said that I should join a sport to get me more active. It took me awhile to choose soccer at first because there were so many sports to choose from. I told my mom I wanted to play soccer. She signed me up to play for a non competitive league (GYSA) so I can learn the basics of the sport. She also told me to play I would have to maintain good grades. After hearing that i always tried my best in soccer and school.
Football helps build a person’s character. It helps them trust. This is because you spend hours with your teammates. You have to put your trust in them making the final touchdown, and catching the ball when you throw.
Football, just like any other sport, is mostly played for satisfaction and enjoyment out of the game. Football is known to be able to reduce stress, anxiety, and forms of depression. Football is also known for its hard conditioning, strength, and its strong mentality, which is great for your health. While football improves your strength and mentality, it also improves your concentration. Football is a game full of concentration. It forces you to get your mind set and to focus on what is going on during the game. Football also improves dedication and determination. NFL players are all known for their hard work. It is a requirement to play the game. You must know what your goal is and you must constantly push yourself to achieve the goal you have set for yourself. Likewise many sports, football teaches you teamwork. Teamwork is a number one necessity in football. You must know your role on the team and in order to accomplish that role, you must know how to work as a team and not just an
Each game, my passion grew. Each team, new memories and lifelong friends were made. Sports sometimes make me feel disappointment and at loss; but it taught me to be resilient to a lot of things, like how to thrive under pressure and come out on top. Being the team captain of my high school’s football and lacrosse team showed me how having a big responsibility to bring a group together to work as one is compared to many situations in life. Currently playing varsity football, varsity lacrosse, and track I take great pride in the activities I do. Staying on top of my academics, being duel enrolled at Indian River State College, working three nights a week, and two different sport practices after school each day shaped my character to having a hard work
Football has been a big part of my life ever since I was a little kid. I almost always tried to play football when I could with my brothers if they weren’t busy messing around. During recess in grade school my class would try to start a football game and I would be the first in to be picked on a team. My first time being on a “football team” was in little league my third grade year and I’ve never missed a year yet now that I am a senior in highschool and I’m hoping to continue it in college. Football made the person who I am today, it changed me in many ways and affected how I am as a person.
Before birth football seemed like it would be a factor in my life. My uncles and cousins were key players of their high school football teams. Even though they were a factor I developed a love for the game myself. The drive from my family made me want to go harder.
The game of football saved my life. Not literally, of course, but it saved me from going down a path that I desperately needed to avoid. When I began playing football in the fourth grade, it was a tentative probe of the sport; one that was encouraged by my Cub Scout leader and father alike, but not forced on me. I showed promising signs of strength for my age, and my big, slightly chubby frame was deemed a perfect fit for a lineman. That summer, I received my equipment and was thrust into a pre-season routine to which I would become very accustomed over the years.
I honestly believe without football I would not have an identity since it played a crucial role in shaping me into the caring, smart, and passionate person I am today. Before football you could not pinpoint the difference between the herds of people who did not have a care in the world and myself. Ever since the 6th grade I frequently arrived to school tardy, got into multiple fights for no apparent reason, and often received disappointing grades; these bad habits became a daily routine that derived from the fact that I did not know any better. After being raised by parents who did not finish high school and never stressed the importance of school, I had no one to instill a moral compass within me. Anyways, at the beginning of my 7th grade year I was messing around in my Physical Education class when suddenly a football coach
Football has provided me with some of my best friends stretching all across the DMV. Football helped teach me many important life lessons. The sport has taught me the importance of teamwork because football is like a machine if one gear or player fails to do their designed job the function of the machine or the play will not be successful. It has taught me the importance of giving all the effort I can every single play. As a right tackle, I have one of the most important jobs on the field my job is to protect the quarterback and created holes for the running back to run through. If I fail in doing my job one single play the quarterback or running back can become seriously injured and so I need to give up body throughout all types of pain to ensure their safety. You are unknowing which play it could be so you need to do your job every time. Offensive lineman like myself do not receive the credit we deserve, but I do it anyways because I enjoy it. Football has taught me the lesson of perseverance because freshman year I played freshman football and was not very good. Through constant effort, practice and studying I was able to become the second team right tackle sophomore year and through more exertion I am now starting at right tackle on the varsity team. I am a living example of that the cliché “hard work pays off ”. Football is not easy; it pushes people to a higher standard, which cannot be achieved in another other
Football, from the early ages of American culture, has been a bonding past time for most families. Dick Harmon feels that “football creates heroes”, and that it also fosters character and valuable friendships. Football raises young boys to learn discipline, leadership, selflessness, and so many more valuable characteristics; it is the one thing many boys keep consistent in their lives. Throughout all of the changes, and obstacles life throws at them, football has always stayed consistent in their lives. They play when they’re 6, they play when they’re 16, and they can watch when they’re 60.
Football helps kids in everything from frustration management to teamwork and determination. The kids may not realize it, but they are enjoying the benefits of physical exercise while learning life lessons through the sport. In football, kids are taught to play through the pain and to make sacrifices for the better of the team. By playing this sport, young athletes learn football’s timeless qualities of leadership, responsibility and teamwork. The great teams are united, like the states we call home.
Second, it has fueled my love and passion for all sports. As I began to watch my team play sports, it caused me to like and appreciate those sports. I love watching or playing sports whether it is football, basketball, baseball, tennis, hockey, etc. Last but not least, I have learned it is okay to different and unique. It was never easy being a Gator fan in Tennessee.
I earned All-District honors for 3 straight years in high school, and All-Region once. Football was very rewarding for me not only through awards and accolades, but through the experiences and lesson that I learned. It helped me to be disciplined in my lifestyle and appreciate hard work. From a young boy wanting to play with all of the big kids, to now being one of those bug kids that other young boys look up to, football has made a positive impact on my life.
The game of football is an essential determining factor that turns boys into men, and every boy at some point should learn to play the game. Not for the game itself, but for the things it teaches about working hard to achieve a goal and how to find another way to reach that goal if failure ensues the first try. The fundamentals of football were drilled into me as a three year old, along with tremendous off season workouts and being able to coach little league football and passing down my knowledge to others, are the key factors that lead to my breakout season and being one of the best players on the team.
Many people love watching and participating in sporting events. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd U.S. president once said, "Sports is the very fiber for what we all stand for. It keeps our spirit alive." No matter if watching or playing, football is one of America's most popular sports. Many people attend high school, college, and professional football every year. You can relate many aspects of football and sports to life. . I think football is the best sport I have ever played or watched.