What I wish for speech (revised)

I've always wanted to be a winner. Being in the 9th grade, playing freshman basketball and averaging 19 points a game, I was guaranteed that I was going to play at the varsity level my sophomore year. Only being a freshman and focusing on my current level, I would've never thought I would play varsity that early in my high school career. I've always wanted to be a winner, and I wasn't going to back down from this challenge. My sophomore campaign was great, though. I was a role player who would naturally come into the game and play with such intensity and hard work, that was the only way for me to get better. One day it paid off, and I became a starter for the first time. My first game starting I was playing extremely well, having 16 points in the first quarter. One thing did set me back that same match, finding out I broke my wrist two weeks later. I was only running down the court during a fast break and when I had to get back and back peddle I tripped on an opponent's foot with the back of my heel. I quickly broke my fall with my bare hands being the first ones to hit the ground. I've always wanted to be a winner, a big one too, and being a big winner meant winning the 5A state title, but we came up short that year, losing in the semi-finals. My junior year we had arguably the best team in the state, and we got upset in the first round of regionals. My senior year, my last chance, made it back to the semi-final game and still lost; in that game, we came back, and we had the game in our hands, but it was taken away so quickly all because of a mental mishap. I just wish to have a ring for basketball and go off to college to continue to do what I love, and that is why I came here. I have been given another opportunity, another year, another chance to win it all but with a different group of people. Although this is a wish, I am going to hunt it down as I have never done before. Even if we don't win it all this year, it would be greatly devastating but there are still chances for me to win and be a winner.