what sports mean to me

Being a cheerleader in the summer of my sophomore yeargave me
a new perspective about people and the stereotypes weput on them.
Before I started cheering, I always categorizedathletes who lived only for
sports as being "single- minded" and Ivalued more highly people with a
more diverse of interests. After cheering for two months and discovered
that I was notvery good at it, I realized that sometimes it is necessary to
focusintensely on learning a new skill to excel. As a result of
thisexperience I have learned to respect my peer's that stand out
incheering as well as in other sports and not necessarily in theclassroom.
I no longer am committed in cheering but thisexperience helped me to
change certain values and to look deeperinto people before I judge.