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This whole experience has helped me understand the mind of an athlete and the ways in which they think about the game they play. I was always more artistic and political rather than athletic and coordinated, and this interview with my friends helps me imagine what I would do and how I would think as an athlete.

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Darcy clearly has a lot of love for the sport he has participated in for most of his life; however, it’s upsetting hearing that he will not continue to play as he heads to college. Darcy understands that Football is far from a healthy sport and knows that there are other ways to participate with the sport.

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Darcy doesn’t distract himself with fundamentals and chooses to see the game as an ongoing highlight reel.

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He just plays the game.

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Throughout the interview Darcy gives interesting insight on how he thinks out plays, how he treats opposing players, and how he approaches the game every night he steps on the field. I asked Darcy if he had any way of utilizing creativity in terms of playing a sport and the answers he gave were very interesting to say the least. Brendan is interesting in that he really doesn’t think about what he’s doing.

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I always wanted to be an athlete but never found the coordination within myself to be any good at sports. I wanted to gain the perspective of an athlete in regards to their processes and with how they utilize creativity. I chose to interview a friend of mine, Brendan Darcy, a Glenbrook South student and football player. Darcy has played football for most of his life and is dedicated in keeping the sport in his life in some way shape or form

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The hardest part of the interview to hear for me is when Darcy opens up about his injury and the games he had to watch from the bench. This part of the interview helped me understand the pain that an athlete feels when they are unable to participate in their sport because of injury. Darcy states that it was hard for him to see his team succeed without him, but he knows that he has to be happy for them and not mad at them.