Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of

personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others?

Sports mean everything to me. Ever since I was a little boy, it has shaped my personal and
academic life in so many ways. My interest began early in life when my parents would take me
to watch Cricket, Football and Kabaddi. I loved the excitement that I would feel when we went to
watch these events, especially when the scores were close until the very end of the game.

One of my most memorable moments was at the inter-school football meet, when I was doing
my 9th grade, I got a chance to participate in the team selection for the inter-school football
meet. And the team was selected based on their respective school group and skills. Talking
about the school groups, there are 4 groups in total i.e., Emerald, Sapphire, Topaz and Ruby. I
belonged to the Topaz group. It was a beautiful Wednesday morning I went to the school as
usual. After the second period suddenly, an information came out through the class room
speaker saying that the students who are interested in taking part for the inter school football
meet are requested to give names to their respective group leader. As soon as the period got
over, I went for my group leader. I found him and gave my name while he was writing my name,
he informed me about the selection process which will be taking place next day onwards. I
nodded my head and went back to my class.

The next day I went to the school for selection and our first match was with Ruby group. The
match started and I had given the position defender. I personally love this defender position
since I played my first football match in 4th grade. To be honest I had given all my effort to
defend the ball which was coming to me. The school sports secretary and physical education sir
was checking each and every player of both the groups. After the match got over, they called
the selected players name and my name was there in the list they created I was so happy to be
a part of the team. I started my practice from the next day onwards for the Inter-School football
meet. The days kept going and the meet is coming closer.

Like everyone I was also having a little tension for that day. But I managed to come over that.
Now you may ask me how? In my case whenever I had tension about the meet, I’ll close my
eyes and bring Messi’s image Infront of my eyes. He is my inspiration and I’m a diehard fan of
him. Talking about him, he is an Argentina’s professional footballer who plays as a forward for
Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team.

Finally, the day arrived, we were asked to come to school at sharp 7am. After reporting to
school there was a warm up session for one hour. That was an enthusiastic session. As the
warm up session got over, we were requested to get in the school bus and sit comfortably. The
July heat in Sharjah was unbearable. "We need one more goal! the coaches yelled. We were
down by one goal in the second half. And finally, we won the match with the last goal in the last
minute and that was shot by me. Everyone congratulated me and my team for winning the cup
and that was the most memorable event in my life
I would like to share some advantages while engaging the time with sports. Sports improves
your mood, reduces stress and depression, helps to maintain a healthy weight and boosts your
self-confidence

Through this essay I would like to conclude by saying that engaging some time with the sports
you love is the best medicine that you can give to your body.

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