Have you ever felt the chills that come from realizing what you’re listening to? Or seeing something so inspirational and influential that it makes you feel and act a certain way from then on? If so, then you have experienced something that you should always remember when you ponder on how your passion of something became alive; and the story behind it. While I was growing up there were few things I was truly passionate about. Although nothing was of huge interest to me; there was always one thing that had my heart. That was the game of football. Whether it was playing a pickup game in the park or playing in a playoff game, I was laying it all out on the line. Soon my high school years came around, and I found myself getting playing time on the varsity team as a freshman. I took advantage of it and did the best I could. It was an amazing experience. When sophomore year came around I came into the year with a big head and a bad attitude. I wasn't putting in the work that I should've and it definitely showed out on the field. It took me the whole year to realize what I had just wasted, and the realization all started because of a movie. My eyes became open to what was in front of me. Watching the movie Friday Night Lights for the first time made me change my view on the valuable life lessons and memories that come along with playing high school football. Friday Night Lights is a movie that came out in October of 2004. It is a movie based on the city of Odessa, Texas and its high school football team the Permian Panthers. It is a small city where nothing matters but football on Friday nights underneath the lights. In the movie a core group of seniors is ready to embark on a season that they will remember and hold onto for the rest of their lives. In the first game they win with ease, but also run into the career ending injury of their star player Booby Miles. After the injury the team, school, and city all believe their season is slowly going down the drain. After a few losses the team starts to pick back up and makes their way into the playoffs. During the playoffs they win game by game; they then find themselves in the state championship against a team that everyone thinks they have no chance against. They have courage and pride and they show it during this game. They go into halftime at the state championship getting beat up and down 26-7. They storm their way back and have a chance to win the game with 2 minutes to go. In the very last play they are stopped inches of the goal line. Their season and their lives are over to them. Never again will they be a part of something so sa