One Goal, One belief
One Goal, One Belief, One Last Memory
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Professor Broaddus
January 25, 2015
One Goal, One belief
Voices, voices stuck in my head. What do I do? What do I decide? Make the right
decision they say, but how do I know what the right decision is? A choice made to join the
football team in my very first year of high school changed the way I would make decisions the
rest of my life. The voices of the coaching staff and former teammates confront my conscience
every time a heart wrenching decision has to be made. They instilled in me, morals and beliefs
that are never to be forgotten. The Manatee football program changed the morals of the young
men it came across and alleviated woes and worries of how to make tough choices.
If you lived in the area of northwest Bradenton, you probably knew about manatee
football. Growing up that is all you dreamed about, being a star in the eyes of your county
citizens under the Friday night lights that lit you up like a movie star shooting a scene in a new