Losing Your Sport

When describing myself I would always include that I was an athlete, it was apart of my identity. Since about the age of six I played football so it was essentially all I knew. I played football all through high school and was fortunate enough to earn a scholarship in to play in college. At the end of my freshman year had done so poor academically that i was dismissed from my institution. For someone who identified them self with football it was difficult for me not being able to play the sport I loved any longer. For the next two years I moped around my next college with no sense of purpose or motivation, I felt that without my sport I had no purpose. I was not involved any campus groups or activities and still just barely getting by with my grades. Through the power of Christ and talking with friends I was able to find purpose in my life and use the skills and lessons sports taught me to get involved and succeed. I used my knowledge of football to gain an internship with my universities football team, I also workout skills and knowledge to start personally training some of the students on my campus. I now use the skills I learned from sports on my academics, at my job and in day to day life : hard-work, analyzing situations, teamwork perseverance. I am glad I went through getting kicked out of school and losing the sport I loved because it made me a better person. I now see the impact sports has on our society as a result I want to make it my lifelong goal use sports to enhance the lives of others. The first thing I would like to accomplish is creating a workout facility for disadvantaged youth to keep them off of the streets and on the right path.