My parents asked me if i wanted to join any sports and I told them that I didn't want to play any sports because i was scared of failing or getting hurt. But my parents knew i had something in me. They made me try out for flag football. My parents told me to just try my best. I was about 7 years old at that time and i didn't really know what was happening. When I had my first football game i stepped on the field at ewa. I looked at my opponents and they were 5 times my size. My dad put me with the big boys so he could toughen me up. I was so scared that i would make excuses that i didn't want to play but my parents would make me play anyway. I got plowed over mostly every time I tried to go in. My dad told me to never give up and stop being so scared. So i listen to him and tried harder and i finally got in there and pulled the flag .
Finally flag football season ended and my dad asked me if i want to go play tackle and the second he asked me i immediately said “no”. He kept motivating me to play because he said that failure is not what brings you down is pushes us to get up and keep fighting. He got me to try out for tackle football and I did. The coach put me in as the d line and i've been getting tackles all game. I knew i was strong enough to be the person i can be and i knew that God would always be on my side. Tackle football for kalihi Jaguars really taught me how to be discipline and that parents work hard for us to play sports and to buy the gear for us. Football made me stronger and more tough so i don't cry anymore. My dad motivated me through my whole football times.
As i grew older, high school came around and i had to focus more on my work, I wanted to be as smart as i can be so i can go to college. My dad taught me that if i wanted another way to go to college, i could get a football scholarship and they would pay for my college for free and i wanted to take a lot of pride in that so i don't have to let my parents pay for college football in high school was really tough because if the running i didn't do in a long time. High school football really changed me to becoming a grown teenager because the coaches really taught me how to set my goals and that hard work comes from your effort. They taught me that effort comes from me and only me. I could use the information my good coaches teach me in school so when theres work that is hard, all i have to do is put effort and the teachers would see that I'm working hard. Football changed my life from when i was a kid because it makes me want to make dreams that are very amazing.
As i grew older, high school came around and i had to focus more on my work, I wanted to be as smart as i can be so i can go to college. My dad taught me that if i wanted another way to go to college, i could get a football scholarship and they would pay for my college for free and i wanted to take a lot of pride in that so i don't have to let my parents pay for college football in high school was really tough because if the running i didn't do in a long time. High school football really changed me to becoming a grown teenager because the coaches really taught me how to set my goals and that hard work comes from your effort. They taught me that effort comes from me and only me. I could use the information my good coaches teach me in school so when theres work that is hard, all i have to do is put effort and the teachers would see that I'm working hard. Football changed my life from when i was a kid because it makes me want to make dreams that are very amazing.
