Sports aren't Just For Fun

Sports aren't just sports. They are life lessons for every single person involved in them. They teach you to work well will other, and to be kind to someone, even if you don't always get along.
They teach you to work hard!
I get so tired of people saying "Oh... you don't have a job??"
No, I don't have a job, and I'm not dissing on those who work but no, I don't have a job because I spend my time on sports, which teach me things that are just as valuable as if I were to have a job. Sports take commitment, just like a job. They take team work, and trust. You have to trust your teammates to make it to practice and games, to ensure that they are doing their best to make you and themselves better in practice. "Sports do not build character. They reveal it." -John Wooden. The sports show if you are loyal, dependable, and responsible, especially with keeping your grades high enough to be able to compete.
Sports teach you to be kind and help people up or apologize, even if you feel like you did nothing wrong or hate the person, especially in basketball when you get a foul called on you, and I'm sure wrestlers and football players could say the same when they are done with their matches and games.
People who participate in sports know just as much about the world as those who work, the only difference, we aren't getting paid. We choose to go with our passion and be around people who we eventually learn to love. My young women's leader always says "You can fall in love with a fence post if you spend enough time with it." It's true. Even if you are worst enemies, you come to love those who are on your team.
Sports aren't just for fun, they teach you valuable life lessons to use. Sports can help you in so many ways that some people just don't realize.
So I may not work, but I can tell you I work my butt off in practice and work my butt for my team and myself.

Love,

MaShayla