Bryan's Story

My passion is soccer and athletics..

I found out I was passionate about being outdoors and playing sports my passion because whenever I play soccer I have this feeling that I never get while playing any other sport or doing any other activities. It makes me feel hyped up and it gives me adrenaline. I can get competitive and want to play even harder. I have been playing soccer since I was little and my mom said I used to have a lot of energy when I was little. However, I still love playing but all of my energy changed because now I’m all grown and use all my energy at school and doing other activities.

The Nike Soccer Camp will help me explore my passion because I will find other people who also have a similar passion with soccer. I want to build a bond with them and play soccer with them. This person might even live in my area and we would be able to meet up and have a little friendly scrimmage. I will also have time to play soccer and won’t have to do it whenever I have free time. I will be able to find out if I’m good at soccer. Another way it will help me find my passion is because maybe it will motivate me to join a team and play in competitions.

Coming from the Watts community in California may be hard to succeed there aren’t many opportunities that come out of our community. Most people think we have no chance to succeed because of our low education and the perception that people who grow up in low-income households won't make it far in life. I am working to overcome this obstacle by looking for opportunities to perfect my skills or at least improve them. Also I am looking to find all sorts of skills I have so if I fail in one path I can just follow the other path.