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Why Is Wrestling Important To Me Essay

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Hello fellow classmates I am Andrew Moller. I grew up in the small-town of Windom Minnesota with the total population being a little more than four thousand people. During the eighth grade I joined wrestling. Wrestling was one the most humbling experiences I have ever had. My eighth-grade record showed I did not win a single one of the twenty match's I wrestled. Even though I did not win a single match the previous year I still rejoined freshman year. This year I started going to the varsity morning practice's even though I was no were close to varsity level. During practice I would try to wrestle against more experienced wrestlers, I almost never won in practice against my teammates. I was still losing matches but by smaller margins than before instead of getting pinned I was lasting all three periods of the match, until I finally won my first match in my freshman year. Towards the end of my freshman year I was wrestling on the varsity team. …show more content…

Wrestling showed me that if you put in the work you will get results. Wrestling also taught me the results won't be instantaneous, I did much more losing than winning my first two years. I learned that real confidence comes from falling and getting back up, and that if you want success you have to be willing to fall down. Immediately after high school I joined the military. As all my friends where moving into their dorm rooms, I was on a plane to San Antonio, Texas. Where I spent two months learning how the military works. The motto of basic military training was "hurry up to wait". I think this is where I learned to be patient in life, the other trainees and I would stand outside in the august heat of Texas waiting to be marched to the cafeteria or the dormitory. At the end of the two months they give you a coin and you get on another plane or bus to go to a technical

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