My Favorite Pace

Conner Evans

9/21/14

English 1100-37

Professor Young

The place I spend the most time at

                The place I spend most of my time is in cage on the lacrosse field. I get such a thrill every time I step in that crease. The lacrosse field is a place of freedom, controlled chaos, and for me it’s my harmony. To be able to run around throwing, shooting, and hitting each other without real world consequences, it’s a privilege. My aspect of the game is being the goalie. You have to be a little bit crazy to be a goalie. I mean it takes a lot to be able to throw yourself in front of a solid object going 90 miles per hour. For me I become a different person once I step in cage. I become crazed, I have an itch to be destructive and get the best of any opposing teams trying to score on me. A man who is big and intimidating is not bad at all when I’m in cage. My mind set changes when the helmet and gloves come on. To get the ideal aspect of my game I have had to spend a tremendous time homing my skills.

                Being in cage everything becomes very simple. Stop the Ball! You have one job and it’s my job to give my everything to focus on this one thing. A great man once said “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” (Arnold Palmer) Arnold Palmer was a man of great notoriety and a man I can say I look up to when I think about a total effort. I try to do my best total effort whenever I’m in cage. However getting good at this isn’t as simple as showing up and stopping balls it takes a lot of time and training. It’s a very time consuming process but it’s so crucial to be perfect at fundamentals when being a goalie. As you can imagine I am always in cage having people shoot on me, practicing, and training myself to be better. In fact my parent critic me saying “that if I focused on my schooling as much as I work on my lacrosse game I would be a straight A student.” Well I’ve tried but I can’t find myself from the cage to long.

                Why am I obsessed with lacrosse? Why do I put myself in harm’s way and throw myself in such a hostile situation? Why is the place I spend most of my time on the lacrosse field especially in the cage? It’s because it’s my addiction. I’m addicted to the thrill of saving the ball and the notoriety I get for being a goalie. I love being a crucial part of a team and having people rely on me. I love the spot light it brings and the faith people entrust me with being the last defense. That alone drives me to work harder and I’m always thinking of ways I can get better. Some people think I’m crazy but really I’m addicted to a position like no other. I’m the quarter back of the defense and the one who has the best view of the game. I can be the reason for a win or a loss. Being a goalie I have a great responsibility that’s why I’m always in cage working harder and harder.

 I spend most of my time in cage and how ever it may not be as important to others but to me it consumes me. Playing lacrosse literally take me places. For example playing for my elite travel team in my high school years I was able to travel to new places, try new thing, meet new people, and that all depended on how good I was at being a goalie. I had to make the cage, the crease, and the lacrosse field my home. Even now I wouldn’t be attending Fairleigh Dickenson if it wasn’t for me being good at what I do and my desire to play lacrosse at a higher level. That being said I’m not content on being a backup, my next four years here I desire nothing less than to be a starter and win it all. I wish to win the conference and maybe a national championship. I’m more than motivated to do it. Andrew Dakan is my competition and I will not rest until he is beneath me. I am responsible for the success of myself and the down fall of my foes. So if you ask me I’m ready, I’m ready to go to the field and be in that cage and do me. The place where I shine. This my show, my story, and I won’t rest easy until my goals are met and the people who cross me fall to my Persistence. It is persistence that I firmly believe can change failure into extraordinary achievement. I will fail every now and then but I will get back up and when I do I will be better and more experienced.

If I had any super power it would be to freeze time so I can get where I want to be without losing time. But really time is motivation itself. It pushes myself harder and faster. For the reality is that time is the real enemy. You only have a short time to make your mark on the course of history. My history will be here at FDU where I will spend my time wisely to stamp an explanation mark that is my name as an all-time great. My place is on the lacrosse field in cage and nothing will get in my way. All great journeys and obsessions need sacrifice to gain a significant amount of progress. It is time that I’m sacrificing to get what I want, and when I’m old and time has gotten the best of me you better believe I will be back to pass down what I have learned and the wisdom of my life.. Lacrosse is the only thing I have ever been good at, it’s my sick obsession and all my time has gone to it. Remember the name Conner Evans because I’m leaving my mark cemented in walls and hallways of FDU.