Mistakes Being an Athlete Has Taught Me Not to Make

Being an athlete comes with many new and interesting events. These events sometimes are not as positive as you may think. These events have often times shown great consequences. Although with these consequences being an athlete helps teach you to persevere through many tough events.

The events in high school revolving around persevering include a teammate getting into a car accident in which his vehicle was totaled. The following day this teammate was able to show up to school and play in a game the next day. This teammate accepted that he had made a mistake in which resulted in an accident. The teammate came back and worked to provide for his team because he did not want to let his mistake hurt the rest of the team. This athlete went on to continuously show up everyday working hard and being a great leader both on and off the field, and is someone that many should look up to because of the things he was able to do

Another teammate in school was suspended for actions going against the contract that all football players sign when playing. This athlete worked to return and when his suspension concluded he ended up making a key play which resulted in us winning a game. This athlete decided to make the best of his situation and realize the choices he had made. After he recognized his decisions he came back better than ever and more selfless than he had previously been. Although this player made a major mistake he came back and made up for it by staying positive and working to find a solution rather than continuing to be the problem.

The last example of someone working against a mistake or problem and coming back better was an incident during a preseason scrimmage. A player during this scrimmage let the emotions get the best of him and retaliated to an action by a player on the other team. This athlete became suspended for the first game of his senior season for his actions. After accepting what he had done and agreeing to the punishment given to him by the team he worked extremely hard and ended up coming back and having one of the best defensive seasons in Oak Hill history along with finishing his career with a state championship.

In conclusion, with all of these cases an athlete overcame an incident either in school or outside of school which affected them greatly. Athletes are often times held to a very high standard and when they make a mistake showing that they can come back from that event is very important. All of these athletes persevered and worked to be better than they were before and helped to benefit the team when they returned.