Basketball?

So 4:15 am and I can't sleep...may be a little sick....and watching tv so I decided to blog about a topic I thought about the other day....about my first true love....the game of basketball.

I was wondering if the game love so much has actually been good or bad to me. So I think I'll start off with the good...

I've been playing pretty much all my life, where I grew up I had to learn how to play football/basketball...otherwise I'd be a typical asian kid who was good at math and terrible at sports. So obviously made my dad buy me a goal and put in on the garage when I was in 2nd grade. I turned into a really good player, I was tall at a young age and had good grasp of the game. I played in leagues as a little kid, Jr High and HS. Played a ton of intramurals in college and was always one of the top teams. Always considered one of the better players where ever I played. I even played in Austin city league when I lived there and was the best player in the league avg over 20 pts a game...even won a league championship one season. In other words, I can ball for real and not as typical Asian you can say who plays sports....aka I was never picked last in gym.

I've always had fun playing the game, it is/was a joy to me. Thanks to basketball I have a competitive edge that is rivaled by few. This has helped me out quite a bit in life with work, people, etc. Also when I need to clear my mind I go play basketball....no matter how bad of a day I have, I can always go clear my head just by playing with random people.

Of course nothing can always be perfect and always good so on to the bad....

Injuries....I've had a few to happen to me the say the least. I've torn my ACL twice (once in each knee) with one of them being completely blown out bc I'm just a stubborn boy. So I've had a couple big time surgeries which cost quite a bit of cheese. Even with insurance it costs roughly 10k per knee. Add on top of that multiple ankle injuries to the point where I really don't think my ankles work that well....also a concussion....hyper extended elbow.....throwing out my back....shoulder injuries.....and getting owned in pop a shot 6 times in a row after maybe 20 years of dominance. Because of injuries I have weird things happen to me; I knees feel weird when it rains and when the weather changes....I think it's because I have screws in my knees.  Injuries basically suck.....I don;t know how else to say it. Then I'll go back with my sense of competitiveness...while I think it is a great thing to have, it can also be my downfall. Sometimes I refuse to lose or even refuse to be wrong. This might have gotten me in trouble a few times or even become down to the point where I shut out the world bc of my need to win. I do have to say I'm much better though, I've toned it down quite a bit and just put on a smile when  feel that urge coming on. I also have a bad habit of buying expensive basketball shoes...I could be using that money for good but I rather spend money making me look good when I'm playing.

So has it been good or bad to me? My number is also a bad luck number.....13. I'm not too sure which it is actually. I love watching all games...pro, college, women's, little league, pick up games, etc. I eventually want to coach because not only can I hoop...my bball IQ is through the roof. I also have a picture perfect jump shot from all the camps I've been to and all the coaching I've had. But at the same time these injuries take a toll on my body, I've made my parents spend ridiculous amounts of money to "repair" me.

Oh...random but the basketball goal I had as a kid, I made my dad take it with us and put in my drive way when we moved. like a 15 year old goal (maybe more). The company who makes it doesnt even exist anymore. Well when hurricane Ike came, it tore the backboard in half. I came to my house and saw it in the garage.....pretty sad day (another negative). That goal has quite a bit of memories and I was still undefeated all time one on one with that goal.

Lots of positives and negatives. I do feel like the positives out weighed the negatives but for some reason the negatives stand out...such as me blogging right now at 445 in the morning. But oh well....I said I would blog so the world aka me, myself and I could read it.

FYI...I ramble too much on my blogs and nothing makes sense!