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Sports Made Me Who I Am

It never gets easier, you just get better, and I'm thankful for that every day.

Briann George
Jan 10, 2018
Washington State University
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Sports Made Me Who I Am
Dr. Lehman

Where do I begin when I start to talk about sports and what they have done for my life?

To start from the beginning, I will say that I believe I started sports right at the age I could begin, and it never stopped after that. Over the course of my life thus far I have played t-ball, softball, volleyball, basketball, track, and soccer — all competitively.

Each of these sports has taught me so many life lessons that have shaped me to be who I am today. They taught me how to be a team player, how to push myself, how to set goals, how to stay committed, and how to be healthy.

Sports have also blessed my life in more ways than just giving me life skills. They have allowed me to meet so many amazing people. They have given me some of my very best friends. They have given me opportunity after opportunity.They have allowed me to travel and discover new things.

Sports were more than just games to me. They were my passion. Something I wanted to achieve in, something I was good at. They allowed me to be proud of myself and know that I could achieve goals I set for myself.

The feeling of passing someone on the last stretch of the track or the feeling of scoring the goal in the minutes of the game for the win is a feeling you can't find anywhere else.

Yet, the feeling of losing or failing and that fire inside you that pushes you to do better next time and work harder is something that will be one of my biggest takeaways from sports.

I hope that every person has something in their life that benefits it like sports benefitted mine.

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