Personal Narrative: The Joys Of Playing Football

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

It was seventh grade year, I was one of the smallest kids in my grade. My biggest dream at that time was to start on the seventh grade A team as a linebacker. The first day of practice we went to the defensive position that we wanted to play, so therefore I went to the linebacker coach. When I went over there he just laughed at me and told me to go over to the safety coach because I was just to small. So I did and ended up being decent at the position. Thankfully I was able to go to the position on offence that I wanted, which was running back. I ended up starting B team as a safety and a running back.

Football is back as the first preseason game was played last Thursday. With football coming back, so does fantasy football. Like a lot of people (myself included), you’re scouring the internet for rankings. There’s plenty of rankings out there, but none of them tell you where to take a defense. I am going to present my strategy.

Nine years ago I watched my very first football game, and I was fascinated by the quote from Vince Lombardi, “Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”So the succeeding year, I requested if I could do football and my grandpa said to me “Son if you want to play football, play on the line, and play on defense it is going to take dedication and determination, and you have to practice every day, do calisthenics every day, and most of all learn about how to play on the line of scrimmage.”

I think that playing football is one of the best decisions I’ve made. I have become a football star. Last year, in 6th grade, I played wide receiver and I was the leading scorer. There were only 2 touchdowns in the whole season that I didn’t get. That was my best season so far. Football has become my favorite sport and it has made me tougher.

Football is not just a game, it’s a way of life. At least it is to me. Some careers end senior year of high school but there is a select few that gets the opportunity to play at the next level. The story doesn’t stop there.

One shivery shadowy December night at my football game, my friend and I got into a ferocious fight that I still remember to this day. It was on the football field where my friend Andrew traded words that I would never forget. A ghastly fight that I never thought would happen to me and my friend Andrew.

I would say at some point in every child’s life they are going to get hurt while playing a sport. You cannot escape the inevitable, and it doesn’t make a difference if those injuries come from recreational or competitive sports its all the same. I am 18 years old and I have been playing soccer since I was 4 and my dad has been my coach ever since. It is obvious we share a love for the sport and throughout this rollercoaster of a journey I have had bruises, bumps, sprains, scrapes, and everything you can imagine to receive from a contact sport. It just the way of the game, and I never once regretted taking one for the team. I was more than ecstatic to begin playing at the high school level because that year I would also be playing competitively

My story begins in a town, a small town, a town where nothing really happens. I live in this town on 1015E 400S todo Road and I go to school in this town. This town is called Knox. In Knox we take pride in our sports like softball, baseball, volleyball but the most important one is football. Football is the sport everyone in town comes to watch, football is what everyone waits for and everyone gets sad when it is over. Me and my friend Jaden Shepard were at one of these particular football games and we were talking about the town.

I always liked this sport because I used to play it with my three brothers and neighbors when I was younger. It is good sport to play and watch. I liked to play the running back position because I can run fast and that player does not get hit or tackled like the wide receiver or the quarterback. Football was an easy sport for me to play because all I had to do was catch the ball and run fast to try to make a touchdown. Players use their talents and skills to play football.

    It was hot. However hot does not sound descriptive enough for the situation. More like I could feel the moisture leaving my body and slowly feeling more and more exhausted. It was day 4 of my football camp at Eastern Washington University and the dorm I was staying in had no AC... or windows that opened. Yet, during this football I learned many new things both about football and myself.

I am a senior in Weslaco east high school. I come from a family that play football all my brother do. Growing up with my big and little brother it was football everyday 24/7

My first time playing football was in Houston, Texas. My dad took me to try out for this team name the Houston Steelers. A few of my cousins were a part of this team but I wasn't too sure if I still wanted to join the team after all. When I practiced for the first time I remember I got body slammed and that was the most crucial thing that ever happened to me I wanted to quit so bad. But knowing that I if I quit my dad will be very upset so I decided to stay in football. Playing sports is in my family's blood. There's like a bloodline in the family with guys that played in the NFL and guy’s who tried out for several NBA teams it's like a legacy that I have to lead up to. Knowing that I'm from California and playing Texas football was just a

During my junior year in high school I started playing football once again at Airport High School. After not playing football for so long I had forgotten how physically taxing it was and was not in the best\ shape to really play that well; throughout the season I thought about quitting because I was not conditioned enough and was not playing as much as I would have liked. My first year back into football was not my best season but I still adored playing and getting back into the sport I love. My senior year of football was by far my favorite season of football in my life. During the season, I had my most memorable play, which was an interception that I took back for a touchdown, it is my most sentimental memories of football. All the brotherhood and chemistry built with team over my senior season brought us to an 11-2 record and a

Since a young age I constantly struggled with being overweight and never felt comfortable in my own skin. It was only when I found my passion for playing football that I finally gained confidence and the courage to live a life outside of my shell. Growing up I was never social, keeping conversations with people to a bare minimum and only speaking to people when needed. Everything seemed to changed when I began playing football for my school’s team. I worked hard all summer and soon found a new home in Sylmar football, a home that gave me a place to grow and become stronger mentally and physically. I felt accomplished because I had lost weight and became a member of the team I had seen so many times before in middle school, wishing that one