I want to play at Notre Dame or Chaminade(who just won an open division championship). But when I see some girls play I think am I good enough to play at that level I have a lack of confidence in basketball sometimes I will tell myself that I am not good enough to play at that school. I also feel sometimes like will I be able to compete with girls that have been playing for 10 years and I only have only have playing for 2 years almost 3 years. But I also have to remember for only have been playing 2 years I have improved a lot to be one of the best basketball players in my age group in like 2 years I can become a lot better to be even better than the girls and pass then if I put in all of the work and give effort and just stay focused and tell myself that I am as good as those girls and I just have to work for it. I need to have confidence on the court and I just need to tell myself you're a great player and you go out there and just give 100% and leave it all out on the court.

Playing basketball when you're a girl is tough because you will have boys constantly telling you you suck or telling you your trash. So you have to build up a reputation with boys so whenever I play I have to play hard and can't go easy because if not they will tell me you suck at basketball. Which is not the easiest thing to hear from boys all the time because I have worked hard to get were I am at to be as good as I am. I am work hard in practice and everything I do in practice I try to give it my 100% effort. The reason it also sucks when boys tell me I suck is because I know I don't and it hurts because they don't know how much blood,sweat,and effort I have put in to be this good and to advance as fast as I have. It's like when you work really hard on something and have given it you're all and are adding little things to make it better and someone just tells you that your project is bad. It is really tuff because you want everyone to stop because it hurts but there will always be haters and you just have to shut them out.

To make it to college basketball or even for me to get a scholarship to Notre Dame or Chaminade. I will have to sacrifice stuff to get their and to be great. Certain things I will have to sacrifice is going to see family and being okay with eating what they give( I am Mexican so what my family gives me is usually unhealthy) because it won't help me get to my goal. Of being great and playing for Chaminade or Notre Dame and getting to go to Division 1 college. I will have to give up hanging out with friends. I will have to focus a lot on basketball because I can't go to the mall and miss practice. Because  while all my competition is in the gym and getting better I will be in the mall getting worse because saying the same is getting worse because everyone else is getting better.