One point in my life I had to overcome a fear that was bothering me. It was on a Saturday night and I had a football game. I really couldn't remember who I faced but they were big and they had a good football record but anyway we were losing badly and I know we weren't going to win. But I got put on kick return and I was all the way in the back and they kicked it to me. Now at this point i'm scared because i'm small and i'm short so being in the back on kickoff is scary for me. So I got the ball and I started running and my adrenaline was pumping at the fact that i'm running full speed up the field and the other team is running down the field at full speed toward me and the only thing i can do is keep running so at the 50 yard line I collide with the apposing team and I was scared because I thought I was going to get hurt but i didn't and I realized I was still on my feet and I didn't get tackled so I kept running and I ended up scoring and I was happy because I had to face a fear that I thought I couldn't do and I did and that reminded me of a Nelson Mandela quote which was ''I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
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