As human as we are, we make decisions everyday that in the instant can look like the very best and sometimes we know there and then it is not. Other times, we are not so lucky to realize we are wrong when we take the decision in the moment but only after careful thought some days, weeks, months or even years later.
I am one of those who have had quite some controversial decisions taken but the one thing I regret doing and would live for time to be reversed so I could do something about it has got to be in relation to my football. I am someone who likes watching football a lot. Maybe like is an understatement. I use my weekends mostly now for watching football but one thing I have come to realize about watching ball is to watch for entertainment while also having a reasonable amount of love and support for the team you like.
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Of course, the banter us football fans get to enjoy is something that makes watching football more enjoyable. I used to play football as a kid and I actually did love it a lot. I was part of a team with my brother and friends and we were actually doing very well us a team. Our coach kind of took the team more serious than we did organizing games for us with other teams.
Fast forward when my brother and I gained admission to high school in another town, my football fell apart. I suddenly just stopped playing or being interested in playing. Maybe it was lack of confidence because a lot of the guys in the school were very good ballers. It would be hard to show your skills when you are competing with a multitude of good players. When I look at that now, I realise that was a very big mistake.
I stopped playing football since then even in my neighborhood with the boys. The last time I played football is probably 2 years ago and it was then I realized things had become so bad. I could not even play for up to 30 minutes because after 10 minutes, your boy was tired and out of breath. It did not feel like my old self who could play for at least 60 minutes. I was in no way an exceptional player but I like to believe I was a good player who just needed more training.
Looking back now, I wish time could be reversed so I could go back to five – six years ago when I stepped foot into my high school. I wish I could have said yes to the day the boys asked me if I was opened to playing with them. A simple yes would have probably changed the course of my life now and maybe I would be playing every day with friends. Adding that to watching football now, it would make for a great pair and enormous level of enjoyment and entertainment.
That would help me to keep fit because I do not exercise at all.
So yeah, if I could turn back time, it would be to change this part of my life.