Basketball = LYFE

Throughout my entire life, basketball has been around me. At times I have tried to avoid it and kind of get away from it. Even though how hard I try, I would always find myself connecting to basketball. Some days I would not even want to think or see anything that has to do with a basketball, only because I was having a bad day. The only thing that would make me feel better was to play the sport and to think about it. It was and always will be a huge contradiction.

People always look at me weird and say things like "wow your really obsessed" and "is that all you think about?" At first I think things like pshhh, no thats not all I think about. Then I really think about it. It would be true. I can honestly say that I have never gone 1 hour in my life without thinking about basketball. It sounds unreal, but I am willing to defend it.

I was born with the game, the game was always next to me good or bad times. It would piss me off at times but at other times it would make me the happiest man on earth. It was always next to me when I was depressed and make me smile. It literally was the answer to every question or doubt I ever had.

I have recently started asking myself questions like "when will I move on and forget about basketball?" I would then ask myself "Jake, are you freakin out of your mind?" It would be exactly like me losing an arm. It would be a huge loss.

A lot of people don't know what the feeling is that I have been feeling. But A lot of people DO know what i'm talking about, but with other passions. It's a great feeling to have. It's always there for you weather you need it or not. I believe that this obsession and this feeling I have about basketball, will lead me to success one day. If I am this obsessed about a game, then it must be a career path or something as big for me some day. I now thank God for this gift he has blessed me with.