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November 26th, 2004, and there is a sea of burnt orange everywhere at Darrell K Royal Stadium, and as a seven year old in a number eleven Derrick Johnson Texas jersey it felt like I was at Disney World. I remember my dad waking me up at the crack of dawn to get ready for the game, I could not sleep the night before there was too much excitement knowing I was going to be able to go see The University of Texas play against Texas A&M and see Texas legend Vince Young dominate. When we arrived at DKR it was complete madness Horns and Aggies everywhere insisting their team will win the big Texas showdown but I knew in my heart Texas would win. As we entered the stadium and got to our seats in the upper level and kickoff was about to get …show more content…

I set a goal after that game that I would attend the University of Texas, and that goal started in elementary school I knew I had to do great to get into UT so I did and all through elementary school I was an A honor roll student. Earned good grades to help me prepare for middle school, so when middle school came around I was prepared sixth, seventh, and eight grade I was a excellent student earning A's and B's. I was so ecstatic I felt prepared to take on anything when I arrived in high school I knew I was heading into the final steps to achieving my ultimate goal of getting into UT. Arriving in the Westlake freshman center with my Nike backpack, Sperrys, Nike Tube socks and burnt orange UT shirt I was determined to finish strong. I was in extracurriculars such as football, and rugby and so throughout my four years I knew I was gonna learn valuable skills I could assert into my school life. That's what happen when I was a freshman I had the idea of mental toughness embedded into my head by my football coaches and I carried that over into classes, I excelled as far as I

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