Personal Statement
As an African American male, I dare to be different from what is expected of me. I pride myself on being respectful and helpful. I love to volunteer at my church as well as at my school. I love people and feel that I can inspire my peers to be all they desire to be. I am responsible and have learned how to multi-task early on in life. Ever since I can remember I was always invested in football and from 2nd grade I played on a private youth organization up until the end of my 8th grade school year. Through all my years of life, I have been automatically assumed to be a football player because of my height and size. I realized that as big and as powerful as I was on the field I also realized that I could achieve great things in the classroom as well because being able to memorize football plays within hours of learning them you have to have a certain ability to do that. It's not just with football either in school I can write something down and remember it off the top of my head the next day in class. I also noticed that football is a sport that requires your time, heart, and all of you and I have realized that I love football and that the things I do are a reflection of football. In order for me to keep doing what I love I understand that my grades are a key role in me succeeding in playing this wonderful sport, so by the time that I reach the end of my senior year I want to be able to completely focus on getting better at football, and the main way to stay on track and to be focused is to block out the negativity in my life. I'm going to be real with you right now when I was younger I hated the fact that I didn't fit in with other kids at school I never fit in with any group, but as I started to really look at myself I realized that I didn't need to change to get the other kids to like me, I needed to change so I could look past to the people who cared for me and knew the potential that was inside of me. So now the question becomes do I really want this? And the answer to that question is my own question to myself and that is "Am I ready for whats to come?"
