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That Which Represents Me:
ReplyDeleteI decided to do my speech on my tennis racket because of the following:
First, racket is proof of my willpower. I was sure that I wanted to learn how to play tennis and I was even more sure that I was going to learn how to play tennis. Willpower was essential to following through on my goal.
Second, my racket is proof of my strength -not physical, but mental and emotional. I knew I needed the strength to fight through my numerous insecurities. My insecurity of never having been a good at sports, my insecurity of how my socioeconomic status played a role in my access to the sport of tennis or lack thereof, and my insecurity of the fact that I was the oldest student in the tennis clinic b at least 5 years and everyone of those little kids knew what they were doing, whereas I did not.
Out of all the things that I learned through this journey of becoming an avid tennis athlete, perhaps the most important is that it's not what you hold in your hand that makes the player, rather it's what you hold in your chest (your heart) that makes the athlete (insert cheesy "aaaw" sound).