Tom Brady: The NFL Tragedy: My NFL Dream
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Forrest Gump once said “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”. Even though Forrest was not the brightest star in the sky, he most definitely knew how to describe life. Siddhartha leaves his family and goes on an adventure to find himself. Just like I plan to do very soon by leaving my family and going to college. As a young boy I always dreamed of being an NFL football player. Much like Siddhartha looked up to the buddha I looked up to someone that has achieved what I wanted achieve. That person to me is Tom Brady. Tom Brady is my NFL idol he is by far the best player the NFL has ever seen and a very hard worker. Tom Brady is a perfect example of having a dream and going after it. Also like Siddhartha wanting to find his own way to nirvana I also wanted to be different from Tom. Instead of trying to be a superstar quarterback like Tom Brady I wanted to be a receiver so that maybe some day I would be able to catch a pass from my idol. I started off my youth football years playing quarterback just like Tom Brady. Luckily Jared became quarterback so that I could work toward my dream of being a receiver from Tom, even though I was a way better quarterback that …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Opines that forrest gump knew how to describe life. siddhartha leaves his family and goes on an adventure to find himself.
- Opines that as a young boy, they always dreamed of being an nfl football player, like siddhartha looked up to the buddha. tom brady is the best player the nfl has ever seen.
- Describes how they started off their youth football years playing quarterback just like tom brady. jared became quarterback so that they could work toward their dream of being a receiver from tom.
- Describes how they were ready for middle school football after their successful youth football years. they had been told that it was harder and the players were bigger faster and stronger, so they thought they would not be tom's next favorite target.
- Narrates how they were scared of all the big senior boys and everything seemed to intimidate them. they thought they would play freshman football until a few starting varsity players got in trouble.
- Narrates how they made it through their freshman year playing varsity and did not die. everyone had hope that they would have a successful final two years.
- Narrates how their team went on a winning streak after losing to the number one ranked team. they knew they didn't have the skill or size to play in the nfl with tom brady.
- Opines that football helped them through highschool because without it, they would have had no incentive to do school work and flunked out. they were surprised when they were offered a scholarship to play football in college.
- Opines that life is like a box of chocolates and you never know what you’re gonna get. playing football will keep them going and give them incentive to always do their best.
I had been told that it was much harder and the players were bigger faster and stronger, so I thought that I was not going to be the Tom’s next favorite target and that I got lucky in youth football by playing against a bunch of unskilled players. However I soon found out the middle school football was just as like youth football I would receive a short screen pass and then mostly because I was afraid to be tackled I would take off and score. With Jared throwing me the ball from either the line of scrimmage or forty yards down field we were unstoppable. We suffered one loss in our middle school career and went undefeated our 8th grade year. Yet again I was sure to be Tom’s next go to
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- Analyzes how siddhartha is a quick learner who realizes that there isn't clear path to enlightenment. one must learn to obtain nirvana on his or her own.
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