“Dreams
are to be dreamt with open eyes”
Having
being highly inclined towards sports since my childhood I had always dreamt of
representing my country INDIA, in any Sports domain. In that desire, I
had played district level football representing my school. But, due to some
circumstances, I had to inculcate my priorities and drop my sports for a certain
time frame and join ARCHITECTURE, thinking that could be a favorable
future for me as my brother was from the same field so it was easy for me
to get the hold to the profession. ARCHITECTURE was fun as it happened
to me by choice and I persued playing football as my hobby; as an extracurricular.
But
nevertheless, fate had decided something grand and happening for me, YES!! In
2014 I joined ChandigarhUniversity and 2015 was the year when CU recently had introduced AMERICAN
FOOTBALL to the university. And when the team was being set our coach Mr.
Guri luckily had seen me playing and offered me a place in the team.
That day 'the lightning strike my head and I thought of achieving all my dreams to
represent INDIA in sports' And I
thought that this is it, this is the chance to redeem me. And, I
said yes!!
But trust
me the feeling was the mere opposite, I was happy but apart from that I knew It was
going to be tough for me to be managing ARCHITECTURE and sports but
being fierce I wanted to pursue my passion and so did I jumped into it without
even thinking of what my hardships are going to pay me back.
So, it
started with a straight YES !! and the training went on for 6 months and
we won our 1st SILVER MEDAL for our university in 2nd
ALL INDIA INTER-UNIVERSITY games 2015. So, it started off in 2015 to 2019, we were the champions in ALL INDIA -INTER UNIVERSITY GAMES AND
OPEN NATIONAL GAMES.
So, In the short span of time, it was our team achieving the heights and now its time to
build a National team to represent INDIA in CSIT - AMERICAN
FOOTBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP held from July 2-7th in SPAIN.
It was my
hard work and dedication that brought as a team member defeating several across
INDIA and is one of the part of those lucky 23 people of our team.
We
eventually, succeeded in achieving SILVER MEDAL for our country in CSIT-AMERICAN
FOOTBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
It was a
moment of relief for me, on the personal level of all the hard work and training
and also sacrificing a lot of things, It was a moment of pride and happiness.
Not
leaving behind ARCHITECTURE, today I am a licensed Architect and
had cleared the degree with flying colors.
I want to
THANK a lot to CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY for giving me such OPPORTUNITY,
FACULTY STAFF of UIA for always understanding me and helped me
throughout my 5 years of Degree in every aspect of life.
In last
if it inspired you, I would like to say:
IF YOU
REALLY WANT TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING, START IT TODAY WITHOUT EXCUSES RATHER WAIT
FOR A BETTER TOMORROW.”
SUMIT MALIK
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