UJ students-athletes share their perspective on the importance of sports
With the UJ Sports Gala Awards held in Randpark Golf Club, the Randburg Sun asked student-athletes about the importance of sports and how they can change one's life.
NOBUHLE SIBISI: Sports is very important, especially for us who come from disadvantaged areas. It definitely changes the narrative for us because we don’t have that many resources so when we do get the opportunity to play sports it does take us out of where we come from and I need to emphasise that if ever you get that opportunity, you need to take it with both hands
With the UJ Sports Gala Awards held in Randpark Golf Club, the Randburg Sun asked student-athletes about the importance of sports and how they can change one’s life.
UJ student-athletes speak about the importance of sports and how they believe it can change one’s life…
AYISHA MOOSA: Sports are very important even if you play competitively or just socially. I feel it helps you in every aspect of your life, it keeps you sane, it keeps you going, it gives you something to fight for, and for myself without sports, I don’t know where I’d be. It’s been leading me in the right direction and I’m looking forward to following my life with sports.MICHELLE MOGANDEI: Sports is literally life. Sports actually builds you, mends you, makes you a better person. It can change one’s life marvelously. It gives you a purpose even if everything doesn’t look up, sports can be that light at the end of the tunnel. It’s motivating.LYTHE PILLAY: Personally sports, in general, can provide opportunities for others that seem impossible such as travelling, being able to see the world, and being able to experience different things or events that can give you a certain amount of knowledge and enlightenment.ABONGILE NKUNKUMANA: For me sports, feels like breathing because its basically changes my life. I grew up surrounded by lots of gangs and all these negative people and sports kept me out of the street. For me, it is basically like breathing. It’s kept me moving, given me an education, and made me leave home to go secure a future for myself. For me, sports is breathing and it’s life.
