The Thought Of No Football

  There were times when I looked back and thought how life would’ve been if I didn’t play football. Football is my love and heart, which played a great portion of me being who I am today. The questions I ask myself always everyday are: Would I still have made it to college if I didn’t play football? What would have kept me motivated to work hard in high school? And how would not playing sports affect my everyday life?

They say you can never predict how life would’ve been in your past if you took a different route. Because not all things work out how you may expect. Would I still have made it to college if I didn’t play football? Yes, I believe because I was always smart as a little kid during and before football. My step dad is a retired veteran so college would’ve been free regardless and money not an issue. But also playing football taught me lessons that just being in the classrooms couldn’t teach such as: leadership, togetherness, grit, believability, and most importantly teamwork.

A photo off my instagram which was off a local magazine my mom took the picture

I always felt that football pushed me harder than anything and made me work harder in the classroom, because without good grades football was unattainable. What would have kept me motivated to work hard in high school? That is a very tough question because as I said earlier football pushed me to new heights. Still, I would have to say yes to that question because my mother was a true inspiration to my life and supported me through every hard time. She made it her business to know my business in the classroom and on the field. She always told me “Through everything I might not be there, but GOD will.”

Football takes a toll on your body and a lot of time out of your daily life. Coaches preach that you must eat, sleep, and bleed football every day. I have not had a break from football since my 6^th grade year because that’s when you must sit out and wait a year. How would not playing sports affect my everyday life? I sit back and marinate on this question the most, simply because what would I do every day with the free time I never had. Football players aren’t accustomed to that kind of free time daily. Safe to say that football kept me off the streets, taught me every lesson needed to be a man, and bonded me with new people. Not playing football would devastate me and cripple my way of life.