I used to hate myself for not playing basketball. I’m sorry, I know I write about this a lot. But tonight got me thinkin’. I’ve made so many connections with people in the program that I know I wouldn’t have if I was playing. There’s girls on JV that I wouldn’t be as close to if I had decided to play, and I think that’s great. I no longer think it was a mistake, yea I miss it, but sometimes you have to miss things in order to realize they were that important to you. Basketball was, wow, it was a huge part of my life. But tonight I realized that it was better for me to be in the stands cheering on my school, than to be playing in the game. It was the last time I’ll ever attend a highschool basketball game (while in HS). It would’ve been my last game, but ya know what? I still got other things. I have track that I can focus on. I love those girls and I love the game that I went to every one of their basketball games! I stayed involved by helping with JV and doing stats, cheering until my voice was gone. I don’t regret any of that. It helped me make connections to people, and for that I am thankful. I still think about my first basketball game in 5th grade and how I didn’t know what they key was. Anyway, all I can say is, I’m thankful to have made the friends I did and I’m thankful to have been apart of the program for the time I was. Crazy how time flies. I thought it would kill me to not be playing, but it didn’t. I still got to play at halftime with some friends lol. That’s fulfilling. I didn’t have to worry about the scoreboard, coach, beating myself up. Geez, I’m confusing. Well, I’ve got a lot of excuses for not playing. I guess there isn’t just one, there’s plenty. I won’t quit something ever again. Finish what I start.
It’s all based on Attitude & Effort.
