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Bobby Gilley Gilley 1 Mrs. Spillers English September 27, 2004 The Glory Days Has someone ever told you that it was impossible for you to accomplish a certain goal that you were willing to pursue? I have been told that many of times. Although that phrase “it’s impossible” had gotten to me so many times mentally, I never let that stop me and my motivation physically in reaching the goal that I set before myself. People tend to over – use the word “impossible.” It can be very harmful in a certain way that people use it, but then it can also be used in an innocent way as well. The sport of Lacrosse is where that word was used most often towards me. Usually when someone tells me personally that a goal I have set for myself is impossible, it decreases my confidence level, but in the end I pull through and let the negative verbal abuse be a motivator and confidence booster to help me in pursuing my goal. I wanted to try a new sport; baseball just was not working out for me. I wanted to be involved in a sport that was more invigorating, more exciting, the kind of sport that you would find yourself clinched to the edge of your seat, hanging on for dear life, only until the bitter end of that certain game. The game I had my heart set on that contained all these characteristics and more was none other than the most under-rated sport, lacrosse. The intimidating obstacles I would have to go through in order to prepare for Gilley 2 the upcoming season and be prepared to face people who have actually played the sport, were just devastating to think about. It was about that time to start practicing and getting in shape for the next lacrosse season. Clinics were held around October for the ones who had never even heard of lacrosse, much less played the sport. Although this sport was new to me, I was not shy in the fact that over half of the lacrosse team were my real close friends. Lacrosse contained a lot of the same fundamentals as baseball did: catching, throwing, hitting; only the catching and throwing were done with a stick extended in your hand and the hitting was not done by a bat, but by something a little more painful…your own body.
Approximate Word count = 1530
Approximate Pages = 6.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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