by Amber Scales, Student Reporter
Rodeo is something that I have been passionate about my whole life and it’s something that I have got up everyday and worked hard to be successful at.
I was born into a rodeo family, but my mom was a huge influence in my life because she competed in barrel racing at a college level and then a few years later after college she qualified for her first NFR in Las Vegas.
Competing in the NFR is like competing in the NFL, it’s a very big deal in rodeo. Her help throughout the years has helped me get to the point I am in rodeo.
Rodeo is a sport that requires no time off because even on days that I am not at a rodeo or barrel race I am practicing, cleaning stalls, feeding my horses or going to the vets to make sure my horses
feel the best they possibly can.
Rodeo is a way of life that requires being on the road constantly, I might drive miles and miles to get to a rodeo and win it or drive miles and miles to get to a rodeo and it not go the way I planned, its just all part of the sport and even if it doesn’t go planned I still take care of my horses to the best of my ability and try to have a positive attitude and go on to the next one.
In rodeo I have always had a goal that I work hard to achieve. In junior high it was to make junior high nationals; in high school it was to make high school nationals and now that I’m in college it is to work hard to make the college finals and once I graduate its to make the NFR. Having goals allows me to stay focused and work hard to achieve them.
There is a quote that I try to live by and it is “If you have a dream and God puts something in your heart, go after it with all your heart but do it in honor of him.” – unknown