College Admissions Essay: Hard Work In High School Football

Whenever I think of what I am today or what I can achieve in the future, hard work is what comes to my mind. When I think of the first time I got my first ever high school soccer start of the Varsity team, my high school graduation, or when I remember how many colleges approached me to commit, then I believe that with hard work in everything I try, I can achieve anything in the reach of my hand. I believe success is not only just setting goals but putting in an effort to achieve it. Without effort, I wouldn't be attending college and getting good grades, without effort I wouldn't be as fairly good as I am at soccer today, and I also believe that if I don't put in effort and train hard with enough passion and dedication, I would never graduate

I was never as good as most of my friends were at soccer because I was younger and not as strong as they were, but I always trained twice as hard, watched most of the skills on TV and tried to apply them on the field to ensure that I was always on the same level with them. One day, when most of I and my teammates were called for the national team U15 tryout, I was so excited because I thought that was my chance of breaking through to be seen by agents. Unfortunately, I was among the first kids that were cut because I wasn't physically strong enough. This was the most challenging time of my life because I felt like all my efforts, time, and hard work was for nothing. On that day, I didn't even eat or sleep in my house. Everything was meaningless at that time. When my mom noticed how frustrated I was, she called my club coach who happens to be my best friend to talk to me. In my encounter with the coach, he gave me wonderful lessons of what it means to be a true champion. One thing I remember is that he told me failing is part of the process. It is part of the process in a way that it tests if one is really willing to work even harder to overcome it. I picked those words and kept them close to my heart. I started practicing three times a day every, but the truth is I started to see changes in me towards my approach to the