“You have to go to some dark places to be successful.” -Mark Perry; This is one of the truest statements I have ever heard about the sport of wrestling. It’s a hard sport.. There's a lot of tough times during this sport. The strong will survive, while the weak will fall. And there are moments when you ask yourself “Why in the hell do I do this?”, sadly I ask myself this question all the time. When I’m dead tired in practice, where I can barely move anymore because I feel as If my small dehydrated limbs are gonna fall off. When I haven't eaten all day and I can't sit with my friends at lunch because even the sight of food makes my stomach hurt. And then having the follow up questions like “Where were you at lunch.” Or “You have the same lunch…show more content… Wrestling is an mentally draining sport, It really pushes you to your breaking point. And that breaking point really defines a person's inner-strength and mentality. I know none of my friends can do what I do. Waking up at 5a.m. everyday before school and throwing sweats on and go for an half and hour run. Maybe eat an egg and sip on some water before I have to go to school and sit through sixgrueling hours of class. Then go home workout for about another hour and then hop in a steaming hot bath tub to sweat away any remaining weight. Then after all that try going to bed. Sleeping is really hard when you’re dehydrated and exhausted, the only thing I’m thinking about when i'm lying in bed is how thirsty I am and how long It has been since I ate last. You should never take water for granted, I have learn to love water. Water is seriously a lifesaver. Somedays I would go with only a cup of water a day, I feel like my organs are drying up like grapes and becoming raisins. Water truly is a beautiful thing. Now that I have listed off all the faults of wrestling and some really messed up events that I put myself though for this sport, I can now talk about my uncontrollable passion and love for this great…show more content… I learned how to be a good loser. I learned how to be a good winner. I learned that life isn't easy. I learned that with hard work and determination you can accomplish anything. I also learned how to physically abuse a person too. But, the most important thing that wrestling has taught me over the years is how to be me. Wrestling taught me how to be Bubby. I know that sounds a little weird but, wrestling really has shaped me into the young stud-muffin that people know and love today. Before I had wrestling, I really didn't have anything. I was lost. I had no sense of purpose in life. I felt like an outsider, nobody, loser. I know I was just a seven year old kid but, I really didn't have any friends. At recesses I would go and play by myself, usually with imaginary friends because I couldn't make any real friends. I wasn't bullied when I was younger, nobody could even notice me long enough to say a word to me, let alone bully me. I was just an odd kid living in my own world. Wrestling totally changed that for me. I started making friends, having actual relationships with people and beginning to actually get a personality. I was just a natural-born scrapper right out of the womb. That doesn't exactly make me a great wrestler but, I certainly knew how to scrap. I remember my very first wrestling tournament. I learned a very important lesson that day that I’ll never forget. It was a cold and brittle morning sometime in the
