I looked up and that's when I realized there was a 6'2" defender charging right at me. I heard my teammate shout “Dude on you!”, and without even realizing what I was doing, I quickly cut and dodged the defender to open up space. , so I took it. It was my first goal of the season. I loved scoring and I wanted to do it. More and more, all my teammates were congratulating me for my goal, which made it even more. Satisfactory I continued in this tournament scoring six goals and eight assists in the four games held in Albany and a number of college scouts were in attendance looking for recruits. that the competition I was playing with allowed me to do something bigger than I had imagined At the beginning of fourth grade, when I started playing lacrosse, I never thought I would. would do it. I might get a chance to play at the college level, knowing there were a hundred other kids in this tournament that could get some attention, I knew I had to step up and I did . This was the tournament that resulted in letters from three colleges asking me to consider them and their lacrosse programs. The last match of the day at this tournament was a great example of how competition changed me. Our team was down 7-6 after the first three quarters of the championship game. There were only five minutes left on the clock and our team knew we had to do something different to win. Knowing this put a lot of pressure on me and I was starting to feel it. My heart was racing and I was sweating more than ever. I got the ball at midcourt and ran it 20 yards. No one was sliding to cover me, so I shot the ball as hard as I could. I saw the ball go to the top corner and then to the center of the paper, dreams or dreams that they might never have been able to reach on their own. Whether it's sports, work or study, competition can motivate people to do better and give them a better chance of achieving or even raising their goals. When one person applies for a job, there may be hundreds of other people wanting the same job. Just knowing that there are a hundred people who could be holding you back from earning a better salary can be a great motivator. I believe that one of the best motivators in a person's life are their parents and their competitors. Your parents motivate you to do everything better and try to keep improving, but they will pick you up if you fall along the way and let you know that you cannot succeed without failing. However, competition can increase this motivation and lead you to do something that you would not do with motivation from your parents alone...