Box 15

The best sensory image for me was going to the soccer pitch. You could hear children happily playing on the nearby playground. As a player, you could feel the pressure mounting on you as your parents and other spectators watched your every move. The smell of sweat and Gatorade seemed to follow you wherever you went. As the beginning whistle blew, everything you had been thinking about whether it was school work or girl problems had vanished and it was just you and the other team standing in front of your goal.