fourth grade severely overweight and got
made fun of a lot to make these even
better my grandfather had died recently
so you can see why wasn’t a happiest
mood for the longest time I had a lot of
self-doubt inside but at the same time I
wanted to do more yet I just didn’t
think I could and that killed me inside
I had a few friends but I was mainly
just an anti-social couch potato and my
grades weren’t too hot either then one
day my dad came home with this flyer for
a little local football league and was
wondering if I wanted to join like I
said I was a pretty big dude so I
decided to about two weeks later we had
our first practice and let me tell you
it was not fun
first off we didn’t work tags it was
just so stupid conditioning and shorts
and t-shirt I didn’t plan on going back
until my that spoke with me that night
and told me something I will always
remember if you never try you will never
succeed at first I didn’t quite get what
he meant but the next day I understood
and went back once we had our first
paddock practice I realized something
who was that in those two hours of
practice all my troubles need to just go
away
if that goes in in a whole different
world for a while one that have no worry
one that gave me a feeling I haven’t had
in a long time
happiness did you know that 98% of
athletes do better in school because of
the sport they play and I think that’s
saying something
I’m just devoting some time to something
can improve something so important I
haven’t got to experience this firsthand
by the end of that year and gone from me
– to an a-average now let me tell you
this if you ever had a bad time or a
dark place see what’s out there take one
of those open triangle sheets now it
doesn’t even have to be sports it can be
theater art drama just whatever makes
you feel happy and you might not even
find it at first like I said I did not
like football at first but it wasn’t
till I sucked it up and gave it a fair
shot that I realized I loved it even
today I still wonder what my life would
be like if I
tried something new and I’ve narrowed it
down to this I was still over an
overweight still would have been made
fun of and I wouldn’t have as many
friends as I do today that is uh Sports change my life thank you