That day will always be the happiest of my life, other than the day I received my PSLE results (251.woohoo!)I was selected to play in the East Zone tournament. In secondary 1, I was as proud as a peacock, ignoring the orders of my seniors. As I was the best soccer player in my class in primary school, I thought that my standard was high enough to place me in the soccer team’s starting 11.But this was not to be. It turned out that the soccer player’s fitness and skill were sky-high, and I was not in their league. I was lucky to be even in the CCA. Soon, I was despised by my teammates, as I kept doing fancy skills and would lose possession of the ball very often. There was a rumour in the team that whatever team I joined, that team would lose. I felt extremely demoralized and even hated myself one. I kept asking myself: “why did I have to be so proud? Why?” I started skipping training sessions as I knew that there was no difference in the team without me. I started talking to my cousin, and she is the one that I have to thank today. She gave me all the motivation I needed, saying that if I did not go training, I would not improve and my skills would go from bad to worse. She also told me that nothing is impossible. Although I may not have gotten in the school team, there is always space for improvement. I thought about her advice, and decided to work harder. I worked my heart out for the following 10 months and throughout all obstacles, I persevered. Asthma was one of the biggest hurdles in sports I had to face. My asthma attacks would strike anytime at night ,so I was breathless and needed my inhaler the day after. I still take care of myself, but it’s really unpredictable. I felt over the moon when I got into the school team. It turned out that all my blood, sweat and tears were not gone to waste. I was handed the number 39 jersey ,the same number that one of the Barclays Premier League strikers, Nikolas Anelka, wore. He once banged in 12 goals over the whole season ,and I hope, with him as my inspiration, I would follow him in his footsteps, scoring goals for Victoria.
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