Football

Imagine sitting in a locker room putting on your football equipment. It’s the biggest game of the year. Win and your the champion; lose and your going home with nothing but some sore muscles. You start to feel the butterflies in your stomach. The significance of this big game makes your muscles tense. Then your mind starts to wander. You start thinking about all the work it took to get to this game.
There were those 5 am workouts that you tried several times to miss. The conditioning practices that you almost passed out during the summer. Afternoon practices in the pouring rain, getting covered in mud. There were those film sessions where the coach screamed at you for making mistakes on the field. Many times you wondered what kept you from quitting. Through blood, sweat, and tears you made i...