13 athletes who believe there’s an ‘I’ in team

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Aiden Kampman
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13 athletes who believe there’s an ‘I’ in team

The rewards and setbacks of being part of a team weigh heavily on an athlete’s mind.One player’s potential for greatness can grow with an encouraging team or fade with the wrong one. And once you’ve chosen your teammates, it can be challenging to make change without crushing guilt.

Secret-sharing app Whisper combed through its database to find confessions from athletes who feel alienated by their teams and by their sports of choice.

One of my teammates and I cheat on our gfs with each other

I quit the only thing I've ever been passionate about because my coach hated me.

When I'm at tennis practice, my coach doesn't know I'm actually aiming for him everytime I serve.

My coach kicked me off the volleyball team because my leg had to be casted after splitting the bones apart playing for her.

I'm gay and play football. I'm scared to come out of the closet to my teammates.

I play goalie for my hockey team and let a kid on the other team who suffers from depression score his first ever goal, to win to win his team the championship game

I feel like I'm on my basketball team due to the pressure of being tall and because it looks good on my transcript. I hate it.

When I joined my high school girls wrestling team I was shocked people didn't accuse me of being a lesbian like I expected

I feel like people on my soccer team secretly talk about how I'm not that good.

My coach for my softball team is more of a father to me than my own dad.

I secretly hate my entire softball team but I'm captain so I have to deal with them..

I caught my coach looking at me while I was changing in the locker room.He got a boner.

I'm starting to hate the sport I love because of the people on my team.

Check out more athlete secrets on Whisper.

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