Personal Narrative: Why I Love Basketball

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Sports mean many different things to many different people. Sports can be seen as a way to lose weight and to stay fit. However, to some it is a way to compete and to have an opportunity to win. Our whole society is shaped around sports and they affect our everyday lives. Tons of money are poured into sports in order to watch incredible athletes perform. I personally have been very involved in sports my whole life and have played almost all of them but have stuck with my favorite which is basketball. Why do I love basketball? I have grown up my whole life surrounded by the game of basketball and have come to love it. Basketball has become such a huge part of my life that I spend countless hours weekly playing or practicing it. I have faced

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