Cornelius Pitts Jr.
Narrative Essay
There was a moment in my life that where I saw things and I thought about it for a moment because I started wondering what if I can do these things because I always told myself that I want to big great in life , I told my mother that I want her to see me on the big screen and doing big things and not just for me , it is for my family because the type of person I am , I do not want to see my family broken down and poor. This all changed when I started high school , I made a certain decision to play football for my high school and do track and field , I told my mom “I don’t wanna go to college just for academics , I want to go for sports also.” Me playing football changed a lot , the concept of football was how will it change me due to factor of this main question “Am I
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I didn’t want to answer it because certain people might have saw me as just a person playing for nothing. After my freshman year of football it became my sophomore year in high school that is where it all changed EVEN BETTER , I gotten better with the sport , I chosen a better spot for me to play in and to get college recruits to see me play that position better and better so I can get a scholarship for that certain college. When it came to my junior year , it became a downfall because I lost a little of the luck I had from my sophomore year and it like made me lose a scholarship. I was always told “Playing sports year junior year will be the year you have to be on it because if not it will not be your year”, and I felt that because it happened to me. My senior year it all came back because I had to be on it it was my last year and I know it wouldn’t start over , that certain luck from my sophomore year came back but even better because I was playing at like a 4 star wide receiver prospect zone and the college recruits would accept that not just because i was playing like a 4 star it was because they knew I put my heart
Nevertheless I worked hard and through training and top-notch coaching, opportunities to play football in college came. The Narrator from the Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson relates to my story. First of all he grew up in a small Georgia town and moved to Connecticut for better schooling and life. His family valued education highly like mine, his mother wanted him to go to an Ivy league school and he had the abilities to go to one. He “escaped” the small town like me and ended up doing astounding things. The narrator headed off to college and he partook in many careers to get regain enough money to attend
The famous Scottish soccer player Bill Shankly once said, "Soccer is a matter of life and death, except more important."
There are more than 7 billion people on planet earth, which mean there’s a lot of growing up. Growing can be full of harsh experiences that could change a person. Everyday we go through situations that could change lives dramatically or it’s not important. It doesn't matter age or race we all go through impacting life experiences. Here are some of my own life experiences that made my opinion something that shouldn't be believed.
Because there was already a quarterback, I was not able to start at that position, rather I got to start as a safety on defense. Although I was the starting strong safety, I managed to get some reps under center, running the offense. I had gotten my first chance to play varsity quarterback. Game 3: Millburn vs. Caldwell. It was a scorching hot day, and we crumbled as a team, losing by nearly forty points. But towards the end of the game, coach pushed me onto the field. I wasn’t the starting quarterback, but this moment was the one that haunted yet animated me. The first snap goes five feet above my head. I had to chase for the ball, pick it up and scramble, and somehow escape and run or make the throw. I was in honest disbelief, unsure of my capabilities. Reconnecting with my past mistakes I decided to tuck the ball and run. I sprinted to the nearest sideline passing multiple defenders getting a brief rush of exhilaration. I ran for 18 yards and my first touchdown, my elation increased at the sight of my teammates rushing towards me to celebrate. I was able to emerge as an important asset to our football team that year, expanding my knowledge and learning from all the other
Who would have thought that tossing a football around with your friends in the street could change your life? It may sound absurd, but that is my reality. Growing up in a poor suburb outside of Oakland, California, I had very few prospects in life. Raised by a single mother, I was in charge of raising my two younger siblings while she worked three jobs to provide. Most days were difficult.
I have always loved sports, but in September 2015 a certain sport changed my life. At the start of grade eight I joined the Airdrie Aces Athletic Club. I am now a better person because of this change that I made in my life. Before I started running track, I played soccer. While playing soccer I did not realize all the opportunities available to me through sports.
The air was as crisp as a fresh picked apple, this my friends was football. Four years ago I decided that I wanted to play football.I was excited to play a contact sport and tackle people. The coaches decided to put me in the nose guard position for the Lake Zurich flames defense. The nose guard tries to get past the guy who hikes the ball and tackle the guy with the ball. I enjoy playing the noseguard position.
Soccer is my passion because it has given me so many opportunities in life and I have most of my best memories from playing soccer. Ever since I was young years old soccer has been my number one sport, I have played other sports like basketball, softball, volleyball and tennis but soccer has been the main one that has stuck with me. Soccer has benefited my life in so many ways it has helped me stay in shape, meet new people, go to places I have never been before, taught me how to be a great leader, improved my reaction skills and fastened my decision making skills in tough situations. This sport has relieved my stress lowered my anxiety levels and overall has made me a happier person. Soccer has helped me so much with my anxiety and I am thankful
Sometimes people do not believe they can improve. Eventually, they give up and do not feel like trying anymore. I took a long adventure which changed my point of view in life and taught me the best life lesson anyone could ever give. I always hated soccer because I did not have the physical abilities. I tried my best to stay out of soccer until one day when my parents signed me up for a team without informing.
In parallel, another piece of my identity is athletics, specifically football. Football has been my passion for half my life and I wouldn’t be who I am today without it. To have a knack for football is one thing, but to act upon it and train diligently is an even greater level of commitment, along with another complex task to manage. As an all-conference athlete, there’s reassurance that the effort I’ve put into perfecting my craft has been noticed through my committed pursuit of playing football at the collegiate level.
I played football in high school for all 4 years. My freshmen and sophomore year I wasn't very good. I was a backup and never played. Then came along my junior year, I was still undersized and didn't start but I improved my skill greatly and I started to increase my work ethic. The off-season before my junior year I went hard in the weight room and became strong. I also lost some weight and gained some height. That's hard work in the offseason is what lead to me having a great senior year. My senior year was full of emotion, I felt tired, determined, and at the end of the season I felt sadness with no regret and the love for my brothers. The first thing we had to do to become a great team was build a brotherhood with kids who wanted to try.
When I was three years old, I began playing a sport that would change my life forever. Throughout my life I have tried just about every sport available to me. The one that stuck with me and that I continued to play every year was soccer. It was the love of my life. I loved everything about it from the sweet smell of the fresh cut grass to the most exhilarating feeling of scoring a goal.
It was my senior year of high school football and all I could do was sit on the bench with an injury. It was so frustrating because all I wanted to do was be on the field playing with my brothers like I have since freshman year. I was just so happy to be on the field on those Friday nights and just get to play the game made me so happy when I first started playing. Until I got a big head and started thinking about myself and what I was going do that game or how many touchdowns I was going to score that game. I stopped thinking about the team because of my success. I think this might be a lesson I needed to learn and if I did not, I would have had a big head my whole senior year and never would have saw the real reasons why I loved playing
Football is a game of passion, a time when nothing else matters and the only thing that matters is going out there having fun and fighting for the guy next to you. Football has always been something that I loved and had a wild passion for. I’ve made friendships and memories to last a life time and I can always be grateful that football did that for me. Now of course I’ve had some bad memories during football as well, I remember walking out of the film room on the last day of spring ball and having Coach Antle grab me and say “Gage, I think I want to try you at a new position, I want to put you at defensive end. We need you more there and we think you can really excel there.” I remember being so furious, I had played linebacker ever since I could remember and now the last day of spring ball my senior year everything was about to change.
Freshman year of football was an eye-opener for me, and the rest of the team. It was our first year in highschool and all the big changes distracted a lot of us. Us, as players, learned new plays and new techniques that we would use all throughout our years at West Delaware. I remember feeling swamped in all the new information that was thrown my way. Coach Morris, and Worden did an outstanding job of letting us process the new material and made us comfortable with what we were learning. Practices were very fun and laid back, but our performance on the field showed that. Yielding a 2-6 record that year, I recall my thoughts walking off the field for the last time after getting . I was thinking, “Is football for me? Should I really play next year?”. The question stayed in the back of my mind all through the winter. Eventually spring rolled around and I was forced to make my decision.