Patrick Peterson Role Model

“Being a cornerback, you’ve got to have that confidence within yourself, because I believe if you don’t have the confidence and the swagger within yourself, you’ll never be what you want to be.” Patrick Peterson, cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals, quoted saying this in 2011. Peterson is a role model for many young teens who enjoy to play and watch football. He has been considered one of the most electric players in the NFL. Patrick Peterson has inspired me to have a better work ethic and the consequences of not trying hard.

Patrick Peterson is a 24 year old professional football player for the Arizona Cardinals. Since he was a kid, Peterson was destined to be a great football player. By the time he was out of high school, he had four cousins

Even though I thought that it would never be possible judging by the place I had been in 8 months before, I earned a spot starting at cornerback. Though I had the starting spot for the first game, I kept the same mentality that Peterson had taught me unknowingly, to work as hard as you could every single day. After the first game had ended, I felt very confident that I had kept my starting spot. As the games went on, and the season grew deeper into the year, I kept striving to become a better player. Peterson is notorious for shutting down the opposing teams best player, and when week nine and ten came, I took on those duties. I knew that the two kids that I would have to face were bigger and stronger than me, but I knew that size and strength didn’t matter as long as you had confidence in yourself and the teammates around you. I won some and lost some of the many battles fought throughout the entire year. Although I didn’t give up a single touchdown the entire year, our team still lost two games, one ending our season in the first round of playoffs. Throughout the entire season I kept working hard as I possibly could, and in turn, I turned myself into a good football player thanks to