Posted by kelyn rowe on January 30, 2011 at 7:39pm
When I was a kid, I loved playing soccer because every game you were served orange slices and Gatorade at half time by all the good soccer moms, unfortunately this tradition drifts away as you get older. As less and less orange slices were being served to me between half’s of a game I knew my love for the game had to change, so for the first time in my life determination flowed through my body to make myself a good soccer player. As I grew as a player my goals grew as well, so big that they turned into a lifelong dream, the dream to be a professional soccer player. I have worked day in and day out, playing in the cold winters of Seattle, fighting through failure and exceeding through accomplishments to keep this dream alive these last 15 years.This childhood dream is the reason I play today here at UCLA, because without the dream I have nothing to look forward to, nothing to keep me from making too many life changing mistakes, and without this dream I could be sitting behind a desk all day rather than living the life I have always wanted. This is the dream that makes all my troubles go away because I know that nothing else matters more when I play, than being better than every other player on that field with me. This is the dream that has kept me away from alcohol and drugs for most of my life because I know that these enjoyable pleasures could hurt my body, in which is hurting my chances at accomplishing what I want.When asked why I do what I do, I only think of myself at a young age and how that younger image of me is having the time of his life, and would be so disappointed to hear that his work all those years has been thrown away. I don’t play soccer because it will get me to a great college, I don’t play to become rich and famous. I play soccer because it has put a smile on my face for 15 years, for the 90th minute goal to win the game, for the freedom it gives me when I am on the field. I play soccer because I know that in my near future I will make a childhood dream become a reality.
This is the dream that has kept me away from alcohol and drugs for most of my life because I know that these enjoyable pleasures could hurt my body, in which is hurting my chances at accomplishing what I want...... great !
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