People don't play sports because its fun. Ask any athlete, most of them hate it, but they couldn’t imagine their life without it. It’ part of them, the love/hate relationship. It’s what they live for. They live for the practices, parties, cheers, long bus rides, water, Gatorade, as well, as coaches you may hate but appreciate invitational, and countless pairs of different types of shoe. They live for the way it feels when you beat your rival team by only one run in extra innings, and you know those 2 extra sprints you ran in practice were worth it. They live for the way you become a family with your team, they live for the countless songs you sing in your head when you're running ALL those laps. They live for the competition; they live for the friends, the practices, the memories, and the pain. It's who they are. It's who we are. WE ARE ATHLETES.
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