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Dream BIG!

    Recently, I have found myself watching videos on Youtube about motivation. Motivation for what you ask? Why do you need motivation at 17 years young, you have so many opportunities! Just set out to chase whatever is there! But I don't see it like that! Since I was about 4 or 5, i decided that my only goal in life was to make it to be a pro soccer player. And not only some player here and there, someone big, someone who has their name in the headlines of newpapers, someone who changes the sport for the United States. Seeing that no one has been able to achieve this goal coming from the USA, one asks, why you? Why, out of all people would you be the ONE to make it and achieve ultimate success? My answer to that is, not even I know. 
     That is where the youtube videos come in. You find so many inspiring speeches, quotes, and stories that all give you the extra strength you need to achieve a goal, whether big or small. These videos are extremely helpful, especially for the dream i am trying to achieve. I have been called crazy, hopeless, and told i will never make it. But out of those many, many people saying those things, i know that there are a few souls out there who are saying, that kid is going to make it big. Peer pressure, a desire to fit in and being scared to be different all hold us back from becoming who we can be and who we should be. Don't let people stop you from pursuing your dreams. I haven't and wont let it happen. Dream BIG, dream bigger then anyone and, one day, you will be bigger than those who made you feel smaller. DREAM BIG.
-Andre Gamboa

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