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Zack's Story

My Story

For as long as I can remember I have always considered myself to be a special person. Now I know that sounds kind of stupid and your probably saying to yourself that everyone thinks that im a dumb ass, and I understand that. But I do believe that I am a special kid. I look at life in a real funny way, like it is just a series of quizzes and tests that are thrown at you unexpectedly.

I grew up in a very small town in Ohio, where my parents both had jobs and were trying their hardest to make a decent living for me and my sister. Needless to say I wish that I could have realized what all they were going through back then, but I just was not old enough to appreciate it yet. Ever since I was a little boy my dad always preached to me about hard work and practice. I can remember always being a fucking stud at everything that I ever did, and no matter how good I was at the time I can always remember my dad telling me "there is always somebody out there better than you son." The funny thing about that is I never really did believe him until I got into high school.

When I was a freshmen, I weighed about 90 pounds and I played both ways in football and was the best player on the basketball team. I was much better at basketball and football. Since I was in basketball I never really went to any of the off seasons so I really never got any bigger. Going into my sophomore year in football, I earned myself a starting position on the JV squad. I really didn't expect to have a very good year due to the fact that I was so small and it was the first year that I ever played with people other than my age. As the football season went on I surprising turned out to be the best wide receiver on the team. Now I am not 100% sure of my stats on the season but I believe I ended up with 8 or 9 touchdowns. That isn't bad for just a small white kid with a big heart. The one thing that sticks out in my mind for that season was the last game of the year. On the last play of...