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"I went home that day really upset. I thought to myself, 'This sport is really not for me. I can’t keep up. I’m too late', but that night, while I sat up In bed replaying the day in my head, I realized that if I quit, they would have won.
They would have succeeded in taking away the feeling of euphoria I got while I skated, the exhilaration I felt when I got a goal into the net, the feeling of pride when I had mastered a new skill and the overall joy and satisfaction hockey gave me. So, I decided that I would keep going, keep pushing until I succeeded.
I also realized that day that there must have been so many people going through the same thing I was. People being discouraged out of hockey. I knew that day that I had to do something for all those girls like me, who didn’t feel welcome or wanted and that my not giving up...