Why did my parents let me watch basketball. It's such an exciting sport, and not to mention that when i was young magic bird jordan barkley hakeem ewing and of course Nick Van Exel were in there primes. With players like spud and muggsy rockin it, i though i could be the next little man in the league.....
My parents of course tried to make me a tennis player which I didnt want to do because theyre were of course no players I could really relate to.
If they were smart they would have encouraged me to play soccer, baseball or one other sport.
Soccer of course has many latin american heros to look up to and was also a sport you could play in school and not be looked at as a sissy like tennis.
Baseball was a real mans that anyone could enjoy, and that I wanted to play in high school but my parents wouldnt let me because it was at the same time as tennis. Of course there were many players for me to admire growing up especially former dogers pitching standout fernando valenzuela.
What they didnt know is there some amazing skaters that I could have modeled myself after, but of course no parent encourages they're kid to do that! Take jeremy for instance....Jerry called him a wanker... Im sure josh's mom didnt encourage anything, and his dad was so texas that football and b ball were the only sports he probably really encouraged. Meanwhile legends like Chino Brenes, and pepe lopez were killing the skating world while I tried to be like mike and miserabley failed! Why couldn't they just move me out to santa cruz and help me to be a professional athlete like any kid would want to be. That is a sport that you dont have to be any particular size to do. All you need is practice which i did religeously with basketball, but these little mexican chicken legs could only take me so far! If only I could have been encouraged to check out skating... I could have been the next emanuel guzman
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