Auotbiographical+Incident

I played soccer in my old town of Longmeadow, MA. I tried out for both of the travel teams but I didn’t make either of them. I was then signed up for a recreation league team. I was the best player on the team and was very arrogant about it. * * * *    We were playing the best team in our league and was not having a good game and was becoming frustrated with myself. At one point my coach subbed me out of the game. It was while I was sitting on that bench that I learned a very important lesson. I was sitting next to a kid named Nick who was the worst player on the team. He was overweight, had glasses, and always walked with a slight limp. He said “You know that the player you are covering can’t kick it with his left foot” I replied “What?” “If you make him dribble to the left he won’t be able to pass it and you can take it from him” He responded. I was not sure whether or not it would work but I was put back in I tried it and sure enough it worked. We won the game on a play where I stole the ball from the other player and dribbled it up and scored. People were cheering for me but I said we owed the game to Nick for giving me the good advice. On the bench of that soccer game I learned a very important lesson. I learned that you can learn something from anyone or anything. I now don’t listen to people because I don’t think I can learn from them. I try to listen to everybody and take notice of everything I see.