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Personal Narrative: Football In My Life

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Any football player could tell you that their career goal is to make it to the league, and that is it. Although, I too share this same goal—I want to take it further than just the league. I have been playing this sport for majority of my life, it has become more then just a sport to me: it has become a way of life. The joy I get when I put on my pads, the rush of adrenaline I received walking on to the field on game day, and just the thrill of the game is enough to make me do this for a lifetime. Realistically, that isn’t possible. This is what pushed me to do more research into National Football League (NFL) and see if there is a way to still incorporate football in my life without physically playing.
In five years from now, I would have

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