I learned to walk, there has been a soccer ball at my feet. From teaching me life lessons to consuming every ounce of my time, soccer has shaped me into the person I am today. In my free time I was doing one of three things; practicing soccer, playing soccer, or watching soccer. I learned that life isn’t always fair, and how to be tough. If it weren’t for the soccer ball my parents bought me for my first birthday, I would be a totally different person. Soccer has made me physically and emotionally
about how Joseph Campbell described about how all hero journeys can be similar, I can relate that to my life as a soccer player. My heroic journey has changed me in many different ways, both appearance and emotional. When I look back, I can see all of the similarities on how my life reflects back on the hero’s journey. My life journey as a soccer player is a lot like Joseph Campbell’s heroic journey, because I left my ordinary world, met my mentor, and crossed my threshold.
Soccer Is Like No Other Sport Soccer has gotten to be one of the most popular sports in the world; whether it is popular in Spain or England, it’s a sport that is played globally. Each and every game is thrilling to watch because anything could happen. There are tons of great players with great talent in the game. They see the game like no other people. I believe soccer has changed many lives whether it’s just for enjoyment or doing it as a job, it has impacted their lives in some way. I believe
Two things that I am passionate about are cooking and playing soccer. Food has always been a passion of mine, well eating it and making it. I love how you can mix interesting flavors and create something great. Watching people in the kitchen growing up and actually making the food brings my spirits up every time. Soccer well I did not realize how important soccer is until looking back on it. Soccer helped keep me at the school i’m at, and it also helped me open up to new people As a child I would
A way that soccer has changed me is playing with the same people that I was play with and showing me how much we all grown as a better person and become better at the sport every time that I play with them. Soccer has showed me how to become a better person towards people and also being a better athlete at the same time. An example of this is how when we played all together one of these days is how when one of us gets hurt we just don’t sit there and wait for them to get up on their own we came
Zlatan by Zlatan Ibrahimovic is an inspiring autobiography describing and telling the story of soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic's career and how he got to where he is today. I Am Zlatan tells the story of a soccer prodigy who started in the slums of Malmo, Sweden. The book begins when Zlatan is older, though, while he is at legendary club FC Barcelona, where he has one of the biggest conflicts of his life. This conflict is between him and his coach, Pep Guardiola. The book goes on to cover his entire
memoir, Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore is bursting at the seams with messages about life. My first quote is about work ethic and why it is important to be surrounded by supporting people. “Hard work is essential, but you also need people around you that believe you can make it. Otherwise, if you don’t think you can succeed, what would you bother working for?” (Moore 101). This quote means a lot to me because my family has raised me with a hardworking mentality. Working hard in school has earned
effect on my life. This decision I made includes a big transition from playing intercity soccer and completely switching to house league basketball. As well as completely changing sports, I did however manage to a job out of it. It was in 2009 when I first inquired my mother about playing on an actual team. Every day in the summer, my brother, my sister and I would invite our neighbors over who were relatively our age and we would play soccer until the sun
played sports all my life, including soccer, basketball and baseball, etc. My father has encouraged me to venture into the world of bodybuilding. When he was younger, he used to spend many hours working out. He was able to squat 1,125 lb, bench 575 lbs, and 1,100 deadlift, That is why I recently decided to follow in his footsteps and got into bodybuilding and Powerlifting. Currently I'm able to squat 505 lbs and Deadlift 410 lbs everyday. Hopefully someday I will surpass my father. My two brothers
Growing up I had many things influence my dreams and my goals in life. I spent the first seven years of my life in a city called Norwalk, after those seven years I moved to Perris. Having the opportunity to grow up in these two places gave me the chance to experience two different cultures. In one place it was close to places full of diversity of different races but also people of my race. In the other city it is full of people of my race. These two communities taught me a very valuable lesson. In