I'm not sure I would've played as many sports or as much as I did in my life. I've played about every sport known to mankind at some level growing up. Hockey, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, golf, etc... All pretty much at somewhat high levels. Lacrosse and golf at very high levels. At the ripe old age of 40 man my body is just beatup. I think Ive injured about everything there is to injure. Concussions, sprains, breaks, tears, twists, tendons, cuts, ankles, knees, groins, hamstrings, etc... A lot of "mystery" aches nowadays. Currently I need to get my right ankle tendons cleaned up, I cringe everytime I get up from a sitting position a hamstring/groin pain that won't go away. My elbow cracks everytime I straighten it. My neck and back feels like there is a 4 by 4 embedded in my body. I know at 40 i have a lot of miles left on my body. But dang! Not sure it was all worth it now. Ok I'm done whining..... off to do some shed hunting.
Sometimes I worry how all of my running will effect me later in life. But I justify if by telling myself that I run mostly on trails, and I have perfect form.
I have all sorts of physical problems as well, but I don't regret participating in sports. A separated hip and reconstructed knee still cause pain in various places (feet, calves, back, etc). I sometimes wish I had tried a little harder overall. I had a tendency to lose focus, believe it or not. The only regret I have is quitting college basketball, every time I make a student loan payment. D2 just wasn't worth it to me at 17 years old.
The only regret I have is that I should have focused more on sports and hunting in high school than a girl.
I regret not following through with baseball in high school (long story...I didn't see eye to eye with the coach whatsoever, and I didn't want to deal with it at the time). I wasn't pro material, but I think I could have made it intol college level ball, and I would have liked to see how far I could get. I'm very fortunate on the injury end of things...never broke a bone in my body (knock on wood)...except the tip of a finger. Now buying my current house...there's a whole 'nother "regret.":D
My regret is not transferring to a larger school and playing football. I'm still convinced I would have been a beast in football. Damn hick school. I do not regret choosing a large school and no basketball, over a D-2 or D-3 school and playing basketball. I still owned enough in intramurals to satisfy my competitive nature.
I agree, intramurals was a lot more fun than D2 basketball was. My only issue was that dominating intramurals didn't get my scholarship back. Total BS.
My only regret with sports is i didn't peruse it with the passion i had for other things going on. senior year of HS and being recruited to play soccer at Evansville... stayed close to home and now i only play with friends. o to think of what could have been.
I had an academic scholarship, so... One of the proudest moments of my life was after a night of owning on the intramurals courts, I was walking through the student center on campus, and I overheard a black guy telling an entire group of other black guys "see that white boy? watch out for him, he be dangerous!" I swear I was more proud at the moment than when I married my wife.
Ahh, academic scholarships. I've heard of those. My parents used to bring up my lack of academic scholarships. My *** kissing brothers and sister all had them. Again, I blame a lack of focus, which I then blame on my parents. They made me.
Hoestly, how hard can it be to get an academic scholarship in the south? I mean, really, there isn't a whole lot of competition.
I played many sports all thru high school,blew my knee out and have had 30 years of pain from it all for nothing but high school sports... As a parent I encouraged my sons to excel in bookwork and not sports in high school, Both are in college now and doing fine. I was thinking as a parent i can see if a child is gifted in a sport and they can use it to get into a good college thats one thing but it's a gamble if you athlete is lacking in school work and then gets hurt like i did the dream of college will go down the toilet. So parents i see today seem to push both which is much better then my parents did for me. As for me i am 49 and have the bones and joints of a 80 year old,3 bad disc's in my back, stint,diabetes,arthritis most of the damage was from car and motorcycle accidents.. i still work and hunt but if i live another ten years it will be a miracle,I push my self every day so i walk 3-4 miles a day so my body wont lockup on me, but i guess nothing a handful of meds wont cure.
Quit whining, playing all those sports made you tough! Sports wise I wish I'd had been exposed to lacrosse, I think it would have fit my athleticism and attitude very well & I'd have been good. Sometimes I wonder how I'd have turned out at baseball had I liked it and played it a lot. I've seen how far other guys went that didn't seem to have that much talent. I also concur that intramurals were awesome. My junior year I played in the championship game of 5 different sports, only winning 2 titles though And all but the 2 tital winners were with totally different people on the teams.
This is what I tell myself, especially the form part, as I only run trails during the nicer months of the year.
Didn't play sports in high school or college. But then, I didn't go to high school or college. I guess that's why I don't have those aches and pains even though I am an old, square guy LOL .
Football was very good to me overall. I suffered some injuries along the way but the positives well outweighed the negatives. College football payed my way through college so I can't complain there. I can't imagine having to pay out of pocket what people pay these days to go to college. I didnt have a lot of money growing up but always had enough and had great parents and a lot of love in our home. When my dad died when I was 17, football was the only thing I cared about for several years and it kept me motivated to do well in school. I learned many valuable life lessons through Football, Baseball, Track and Basketball, but football was always my favorite and it has opened up many doors. The game fit my personality forsure. I still enjoy coaching to this day and more importantly using a sport and coaching to help teach life lessons to young adults. I have 0 regrets when it comes to sports. My wife grew up very similiar to me. She's actually the stud athlete in our home. She was an amazing H.S. and D1 athlete. I know sports saved her in many ways from a very tough home life.
I really messed up In my highschool years. I was In many sports up till then but quit everything after my sophomore year. I should've finished my sports all the way through HS but I had a big problem with our HS coaches. I still should've stuck It through though. I was pretty good In every sport I played. Track and football I was best at. I really believe I could've possibly had a future with football of some sort. I had tons of speed and had great hands. I caught lots of TD's as a WR, no one could ever catch me. Hockey I was ok at, had lots of speed but I lacked In puck handling though. Baseball was probably my toughest sport but I sure loved playing It. If I could do It all over again I wouldn't have quit everything like I did. Once I quit doing my sports I started working at a couple of the local dairy farms In the area so I did get a good education there In life so It wasn't a total waste. Still to this day I wonder what would've happened If I would've stuck with football. I think of that quite often.
Played D2 baseball for 2 years and 1 of D1 before blowing out shoulder. Finished school, but always wonder about what would have/could have been. I personally think I would have made a great baseball salary guy. I doubt very much if I wouldn't been able to spend a few million dollars.........
This ^^^ except I should have left Hunting and the girls alone. I could have played college baseball, Probably a JUCO. Oh well, now I will live vicariously through my son.
