There have been so many people over the course of my life who have influenced my life in many various different ways, like my family and my friends. One of the biggest things that I believe has influenced me the most so far in my life was to find something that I am good at. If I was never influenced to find something I am good at and passionate about, at a young age I would have wasted a lot of time continuing to look and would not be where I am today. Once you find that one thing that you love doing it makes you feel like a burden has been lifted off your shoulders, it allows you to feel 10 times better about yourself. For me, it did not take a long time to find something I am good at, but now it gets to stay with me and will never change over the course of my life.
How it all started because my mom and dad wanted me to get out of the house and play a sport. My parents mainly wanted me to play soccer because we are Portuguese and if you did not know soccer is a very big important sport in Portugal. My dad was an amazing and talented soccer player and so is the majority of my family. My dad was given a great opportunity to play soccer professionally but unfortunately, he got drafted into the war back home in Portugal before I was born and did not get to. I started playing soccer at a very young age and the sport came naturally to me. Now that I am older and I am actually able to understand things I have realized this was it, this is the thing I am good at and this is what I am passionate about, the thing that I have spent all this time looking for. I realized that the thing I am good at I have been playing all my life but it took me until now to realize that. Therefore as I have continued to play soccer, I have realized the hobby that I loved was what I was actually good at all along.
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To me soccer is more than just some sports game, that is not how I think about it. The best feeling is playing the sport itself. The soccer field is such a magical and amazing place for me, it is the perfect place to go to, to focus, to train, and to clear your head. When you watch a soccer game from the stands all you witness are the chaos and high energy from everyone cheering, but simply being on the field you are focused and working hard, you are dedicated to something so much more than just a game. The sport itself provides me with a sense of feeling that I am indestructible as I stride across the field toward the goal. Believe it or not, making the goal is not the best part, that feeling does not compare to the feeling that I get when I put my cleats on, lace them up, and step foot onto that field. I just do my best to score and not only make myself proud but my team proud. I give it my all, everything I got goes into that field.
The time I spend on the soccer field is time I spend on self-reflection. I have learned a lot about myself through playing this one sport. This sport has helped me to try and set a new goal for myself. I want to translate my hard work and dedication ethic into my school work. Through playing soccer I have learned that I am a very competitive person. I find it very important to present myself well because every opportunity is an opportunity to advance myself as a person and show others what an asset I could be. If I could translate that ethic into my school work it could open up many doors and opportunities for me.
Playing soccer is an outlet for me. It took me a while to find a constructive way to release all of my aggression and anger. My aggression would often be misguided and cause me to react in ways I should not. Rather than bottling it up inside and keeping it to myself, which was never the best option, to begin with, I started to release it on the field. Now that I have found a way to properly channel my aggression and anger I can say I feel a lot better about myself. When I am tense or angry about something I no longer have to force myself to fight through it on my own or seclude myself from others. I can make myself so much better just by going to my backyard or soccer field and kicking a ball into the net. Now the game has so much more meaning because working on drills and skills not only improves my game, but now it makes me feel a lot better about myself.
What I love most about the sport is that it has opened many great chances and experiences for me. It has changed me as a person and has helped me realize things about myself. It has taught me that if I work hard enough I can achieve what I want by being dedicated and doing what I am good at and what I love, not only sport-related but school or work-related too. I can achieve so much through hard work and dedication. If it was not for my hard work and dedication I would not have been able to spend parts of my past summers training with great teams in Portugal, or escalating from all the various levels of play for the sport. For all those opportunities I am so grateful. I have learned to be thankful for every opportunity I get through this sport as well. Lastly, this sport has taught me not to only appreciate the game of soccer but appreciate every opportunity I get.
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