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What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen to, but what I feel 1 .
Ever since I was young, I have loved professional wrestling.As I grew older, my friends 2 me for following what was called a “man’ s soap opera.” 3 , I put my love for wrestling on the shelf.It was not until freshman year that I 4 I wasn’t being myself.
That year, I tried many new things and activities.In my town, football was the sport, so I decided to play football, 5 it might give me a head 6 in popularity.The team started with forty-eight athletes. 7 , there were fourteen of us left.I stuck it out not because I liked it, but because I am not a quitter.That long season taught me a(n) 8 :I wasn’t a football player.More importantly, it taught me to be 9 .
After that season, I 10 back to being a wrestling fan.I came across a well-known saying:“Don’t Dream It.Be It.” When I read this, my friend Dan and I had the 11 idea.
“What if we build a wrestling ring?” we asked.The following weekend, we met at his house.We saw our 12 in a pile in his backyard.We worked from dawn to dusk to build our great project.Our hard work paid 13 .We had a real ring.We decided to hold an “event.” We practiced for hours, trying to 14 every aspect(方面)of our wrestling ability.The date was May 24th.To our surprise, about one hundred friends and fans showed up to 15 us.It was the most important night of my life and a 16 success.Since that time, we have held five shows with as many as two hundred and fifty people training out.We 17 to live this dream.We accomplished what we set out to do.
As my senior year winds down, I’ll remember all of my high school memories.But 18 will stick out most is the memory that I did something I 19 , despite what everyone said or thought.I achieved the 20 I lived my dream.