Personal Narrative: How Basketball Changed My Life

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I am a football player and a basketball player and I have been playing those sports since about 2nd grade i played football for the “top city crush “and played basketball for “top city “ and i wasn’t really doing something to be a good player at first i was just playing at the time to stay out of trouble and just play because it was something fun to do until about the 7th grade that’s when my mentality for basketball changed my . My coaches where always on me the person who pushed me to be the best I could in both basketball and football was toby thomas and Tony barksdale they have been on me since i was a child and just been mentors to me tony barksdale has been working with me in basketball since I was in 3rd grade he seen me playing upward basketball and knew I had talent and just had faith that I would one day be a good basketball player and it payed off . And without him it wouldn’t be easy , My mother has also been by my side forever and was always my number one fan and i thank her for that because whatever i needed in basketball or football she was always on it if i needed money to go to a tournament she had it ready . and has always been supporting me rather she liked it or
I’ve gotten the chance to see some of the top players in the NBA and travel to places like Oklahoma , Dallas , Las Vegas , Atlanta , South Carolina , and many more and it was a blast because not everybody can go on vacation all summer and do something they love to do My favorite trip out of those was the Las vegas one just walking the strip and being just in the atmosphere of vegas was the best feeling every

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