The Time Basketball Changed My Life!!!!!!!!!! Something that changed my life is when i started playing basketball. It changed my life because before I started playing basketball I didn't have any fight or motivation to work hard or keep playing. I started playing when i was 9 and fell in love with it ever since. I played multiple sports but basketball was the only thing that i love to do everyday. In life if you don’t have any fight to work hard and to don't give up then you won't succeed in a
perspective. It was sudden and sharp. That is what I experienced in the middle of my junior year. All was going well in my life, another year the same as the previous two. I was getting hyped for the basketball season to begin. I had always loved school and learning, but at that point in time my focus was solely on playing the sport that I excelled at. However, once the season began that was when my year drastically changed. We had multiple practices and began playing opponents, yet rather than feeling
It was my first game for an intramural Co-Ed basketball game and a common play happened that had drastic results. A girl on the other team drove past her defender and was driving straight towards the hoop. Being the closet defender I shifted towards the key to prevent her from scoring the basketball. Suddenly people starting yelling at me to get out of the way. In pure confusion I learned that help side defense is discouraged. Not only discouraged but that I received a personal foul, the opposition
day in my life when I have not heard the sound of a bouncing ball; I grew up eating and breathing basketball. My heart fell in love with the winning, the competition, the adrenaline ever since I started rolling my dad’s tube sock and shooting an imaginary shot against the wall. “It was reminiscing when I was a fresh young boy; I was strolling around the Smith Park with a basketball in my hand and wearing a gold/purple Kobe Bryant’s jersey until I espied a compelling teenager playing basketball with
cannot recall a day in my life when I have not heard the sound of a bouncing ball; I grew up eating and breathing basketball. My heart fell in love with the winning, the competition, the adrenaline ever since I started rolling my dad’s tube sock and shooting an imaginary shot against the wall. “It was a story when I was still a kid; I was strolling around the Smith Park with a ball in my hand and wearing a gold/purple NBA jersey until I espied a compelling teenager playing basketball with tight handles
“Since I started rolling my dad's tube sock, shooting an imaginary shot against a wall; I cannot recall a day in my life when I have not heard a sound of a bouncing ball; grew up eating and breathing basketball. Thenceforward, my heart fell in love with the winning, the competition, and the adrenaline of the game of basketball. I knew one thing was concrete; I fell in love with you and deeply attracted to you.” I said confidently. “It was reminiscing when I was young; I was strolling around the
moment in their life. For some, the dream is soon an actuality, but for others, the dream is left unspoken. Some parents push their children into sports but other kids choose to play. If the kid feels they are good, then they may continue, but if sports just don’t click, then it may be time to quit. Sometimes, the best motivation is the friends who were involved. I know that the only reason I even considered and began to love sports as a child was because of my friends. If it weren’t for my friends, I
Contemporary Literature Final Critical Analysis of Still Life with Woodpecker The novel Still Life with Woodpecker is written by Tom Robbins, and is mostly a love story about a girl who comes from a monarch structured family. The main character is a princess who is looking for her prince but runs into all this trouble along the way. In the midst of telling the story from a 3rd person point of view, Tom Robbins also includes context from his own head into the story through the medium of his Remington
Being Mexican-American, my parents are very strict on always reminding me about my Mexican roots, especially since both of them were raised in Mexico. They hate it when my sister and I speak in English around the house, they are always encouraging us how speaking in Spanish around the house will improve our Spanish speaking skills and it will help me obtain a better job, because I will have the skill to be fluent in English and Spanish. My whole life I have had problems with identity, I
Throughout my life, I’ve always had a career interest in the health field. As I grew up, my parents always told me to take care of myself and my body. I grew up helping my little brother and sister remembering to take care of themselves and their appearance. Ever since I was little, I became very interested in the health field because I feel that it would be a very rewarding experience to be able to put others before yourself and put them back on track in their life. Out of all the health professions