Most of my high school memories come from football. One thing that I will keep with me forever is when one of my coaches said "you push, you keep pushing, and you don't stop until your man is on his back". For me that can translate to almost anything in life. If you have a problem you push and you don't stop until you have overcome it.
Football has been my lifeline in school. Everything I have done has been for football. I have kept in shape for it, and I have kept my grades up for it. I have felt like I have had a second family out there. My life since I started playing again has been for the sport I love to play.