Sports make high school fun, well they do in opinion anyways. Since 7th grade, I have went from one season to the next, it has been volleyball to basketball and then follow up with softball. Then add travel AAU basketball all year around and that has been my life for years. Suddenly I am gearing up for my last sport in high school. Although basketball is my primary sport, softball will be fun and hopefully successful in the same path as last year. Going from season to season has its ups and downs, injuries occur from the constant pounding on the body. In my experience with sports, never having a break makes it fun. I always had a reason to come to school because of sports and it has kept me out of trouble. Personally, having a sport be in season at all times is very tiring but also have made the best memories. Creating life-long friendships and bonds through sports is an incredible feeling.

Sports are not for everyone and that is understandable, but if a person who has not played any sports participated and succeeded, they would understand why athletes give their lives to sports. Why day in and day out we sacrifice our free time and our body for the sport we love. If people could feel the emotions and passion that basketball gives me, more people would be athletes. People see us as jocks who only care about our sports and that is all we talk about, but if those people experienced how it feels to be a part of a successful team, they would understand.

Memories will stick with you forever. Former athletes remember some big games or key accomplishments but the memories made with team mates is what sticks in your mind. The long bus rides to games, the intensity of big games and just the laughs that we shared. I will never forget big moments in my career like the emotions that the team had winning the section title, or the way it felt to reach my accomplishments, but I would not trade the experiences with my team for the world. Going through seasons with the same people and growing with them is one of my favorite things about high school, and I wish that everyone could feel what that feels like.