I’ve learned a lot of things in my
life from playing sports. Some of those things are physical ones like how to
take care of my body and stay in shape, but the majority of the things that
playing sports taught me were mental and those are the things that I believe
are most important. Sports have taught me to never give up and persevere; It
also taught me that if I really want something that I have to be willing to
work hard for it. I was able to get through those hellish summer practices
because our goal was to win a championship. It’s taught me how to work with
others and how to put aside personal differences in order to achieve a shared
goal. Before I started playing football my junior year of high school I hated
working with others and I thought that I could do everything on my own, and
that’s not the right attitude to have if you want to be successful in life.
Without football I don’t think that I would’ve ever learned that lesson,
because in football if everybody isn’t on the same page and working together
it’s nearly impossible to win. . I’ve learned leadership skills and how to take
responsibility from playing football. When I messed up on the field I couldn’t
point fingers; and I had to let my teammates know that they can trust that I
won’t let it happen again. Sports have taught me how to respectfully compete.
With all that being said, I believe that the most important thing that sports
have taught me is how to lose.
Now don’t get me wrong losing
SUCKS. There is nothing worse than that quiet bus ride back to school after a
road loss. Losing taught me that everything in life isn’t going to go the way I
want it to. The reason I believe that learning how to lose from playing sports
is so important is because when playing sports you can’t sit around and mope,
you have to go out and work even harder so you won’t have to experience that
feeling again. I don’t let anything in life get me down because I know that
it’s nothing I can do about it now so I just have to get prepared for whatever
life throws at me next. It’s also important to learn how to lose gracefully and
respectfully. If someone beat me I just have to congratulate them and go out
and beat them next time. Learning all these things about losing wasn’t easy for
me because playing basketball my whole life I really didn’t have to [deal with
much losing, and I definitely didn’t view it in such a positive light while it
was actually happening. I also had to learn how to deal with losing more than
just games while playing football. I had to deal] with losing my starting job my
senior year because of a shoulder injury, but I didn’t get down about it
because I knew I wasn’t able to give it my all and that it would be better for
the team.
Sports have taught me many life
lessons, maybe more than anything else in my life so far. Despite all of the
obvious physical benefits; I believe that sports have truly benefited me
mentally, but that’s the reason why I really love sports.
Comments:
Ashley Aspenwall: I agree with you in your belief of how it is important to how to and accept it. I played sports in middle school and high school and I can still picture my last game my senior year of volleyball in the quarter finals against one of our biggest rivals. What I believe would pull this idea together, would be of a story that you remember where someone didn't take losing well or when you didn't take losing well. You can be very detailed about the game, your surroundings and how you felt, to really pull the reader in. This way you can state your belief, tell the story and wrap it up with connecting all your main points. This will really add interest to your paper instead of rambling on and trying to find another way to explain losing
Stephanie Suggs: An interesting view, losing being an important lesson. You say Football in the 1st paragraph two more times than necassary. Maybe focus on a particular sport, rather than mentioning football and basketball. My Point out a spot where you are a bit too repetitive with the concept of dealing with stuff. A few things you said in the first paragraph is repeated in the second, doing stuff respectfully, to work hard.
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