Personal Narrative: Foootball Changed My Life

The quarterback snaps the ball i back pedal back and just watch him i saw him start running to the outside by himself i thought to myself ¨should i go try to tackle him and risk getting him space to throw the ball¨or stay put and risk letting him get a touchdown? I went with my gut and made the tackle everyone cheered foootball has been a big part of my life football would always make me happy even when i was sad and when I was sad and even my coaches would always ask me if i was ok when i was sad and they would always give me advice when i needed it.When i was little it always seemed to intrest me growing up in the seetiing i grow up in my family never really gave me the support i would like i was lost and i had no one to ask questions so …show more content…
of course on my list it was family,football,school,i didn't care much about school and thought it was just a waste of my time.Going into 8th grade year i was still set on football but one week before signups my dad broke his spine during his job and that put my whole family into sort of a shock he had worked as a tree climber for about 30 years and not even a sprained pinky happened to him and all of a sudden him getting hurt was just awful that was on of the worst days of my life just coming home and finding a note on my bedroom door saying what happened felt awful i was alone for almost a whole day wanting to see my dad at the hospital but instead i was justing sitting in my bedroom wishing i had someway to get there my whole family had left to see him and i was just there i remember saying to myself “what if this is the last few hours he had left and i wouldn't be able to see him”that thought made me cry.All my coaches were calling me “Antonio why aren't you playing?” “Antonio why aren't you on my roster?” when i told them all what happened they all felt bad when i finally got to see him i realized that i wouldn't be able to play football this year because i would have to watch and take care of him and we wouldn't have the money to help pay my signup fees i realized why school was important i started studying more and doing more things and i also never forgot football i kept perfecting my sport trying to get better everyday so after i was out of highschool i would have some scholarships to fall back on and hopefully get to the league i know thats almost every boy's dream to go to the NFL and be a big star but to me this wasn't a dream this would become true if i work as hard as i can at