Preview

Becoming An NBA Basketball Player

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
202 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Becoming An NBA Basketball Player
Everybody wants to follow their dreams and I'm going to follow mine. I want to be an NBA basketball player. I want to see people cheer for me while I play and get paid a lot for doing what I loved to do. I have been practicing every day to become better. I have also been doing really good in school. I have been studying and focusing in school because I also want to be a really smart person in general. If I don’t become an NBA basketball player I would be really smart and would be able to go to a good college. Going to a good college and getting my degree will make me able to get a good job that I love. I still don't know what to do after basketball since my whole life I loved to play basketball. My dad is the general manager for LaQuinta hotel.
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Being A College Athlete
    • 1315 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Being A College Athlete

    I will be raising some differences and some similarities between college athletics and professional athletics and show how each pertains to social and individual obligations. I would like to first talk about some advantages of being a college athlete.…

    • 1315 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Personal Narrative: Learning To Play Basketball
    • 301 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Personal Narrative: Learning To Play Basketball

    Life is comprised of a series of learning profound learning experiences. On that stands out occurred last year in seventh grade. Two friends and I decided we wanted to try something new, to learn how to play basketball! We made that decision mainly because we wanted to do an activity together for the winter term, and seventh graders didn't have the option of doing the winter school play. We were very hesitant; only one of us had any experience playing basketball, and we didn't think it would be very fun to run up and down a court trying to get a ball in a hoop. Still we kept an open mind and began to learn how to play.…

    • 301 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Jason Gleave Research Paper
    • 93 Words
    • 1 Page

    Jason Gleave Research Paper

    My name is Jason Gleaves and academically my goals are to graduate high school with a 4.0 in honors, get accepted to a business school at a university, then, if playing soccer as a career won't work, go on to get my MBA. As an athlete my goal is to play collegiate soccer at the highest level possible then move on to play professional and for my country. As a sophomore I captained my high school team to second place in our conference, a 16-1 record, and tallied 33 goals and 26…

    • 93 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Essay On Should The Nba Age Limit
    • 1315 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Essay On Should The Nba Age Limit

    In 2003 the most well-known basketball player in the United States wasn’t Shaquille O’Neal nor Allen Iverson, It was an 18 year old High school basketball player from Akron, Ohio his name was LeBron James. James was so good that ESPN televised his games and he grace the cover of Sports Illustrated with the headline reading “The Chosen one”. Now people cannot witness the next LeBron enter NBA straight out of high school due to the NBA Article X age limit. The NBA age limit was a apart of the 2005 collective bargaining agreement stating A player shall be eligible for selection in the first NBA Draft with respect to which he has satisfied all applicable such as The player is or will be at least 19 years of age during the calendar year in which…

    • 1315 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Basketball 101 Research Paper
    • 341 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Basketball 101 Research Paper

    Michael Jordan, a basketball superstar, once said: “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” We all are destined for something great. There are people destined to be an Olympian. There are people who are destined to win an Oscar or to star in blockbuster movies. But there are people whose steps lead to the making of basketball legends.…

    • 341 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Basketball and Growth Mindset
    • 378 Words
    • 1 Page

    Basketball and Growth Mindset

    I read the Mindset book by Carol S, Dweck. This book really made me think and reflect about what kind of person I am. It focuses mostly on the benefits of having a growth mindset and the downside of having a fixed mindset. I learned a lot about how you can grow as a person instead of failing and giving up. Most of the most successful people are people with the growth mindset who learn from their mistakes and apply it to their career or everyday life. I use to believe that some peoples born talents are better than those who work harder but are not as naturally good. For example Michael Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team. Instead of giving up after he was told he wasn’t good enough that motivated him more and he worked hard and improved and eventually became one of the most talented basketball players in NBA history. One thing that I disliked was that the writer focused on the positive of the growth mindset when sometimes the fixed mindset can be useful. It sounds like common-sense but it is in how it carefully uses both biographical data and scientific research to strengthen the reader's understanding of the true implications of this finding. After I read 'Mindset', I understood much better why John McEnroe was famous for his tantrums (he had a very fixed mindset, a tennis loss meant that he was inherently worthless, that he was, permanently and in all aspects of life, a 'loser'), as well as why a four-star chef like Bernard Loiseau committed suicide. I learned that Chinese students who think that intelligence is unalterable don't follow remedial English courses, but also that American medical students who believe in innate ability flunk chemistry much more often than students who consider early failure as a sign that they haven't worked hard enough or that they should try other learning strategies. I also learned some things that are counterintuitive, such that you should never praise children for being smart or talented. I knew I liked the book…

    • 378 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Personal Narrative: The NBA Dream
    • 1670 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Personal Narrative: The NBA Dream

    It all began with a simple phone call one night after dinner. “Joe,” my father hollered up the stairs, “it’s for you. It’s Jackie, and she sounds upset.” As I came downstairs to pick up the phone, I was not happy. I was tired and had looked forward to a nice and quiet evening at home, not another stupid adventure with Jackie.…

    • 1670 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Graduation Speech: Freehold Boro High School
    • 839 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Graduation Speech: Freehold Boro High School

    Everyone remembers being a sixth grader with those lockers that wouldn’t open and the school that was like a maze. Now this is our school and we are the big dogs. That is what growth is. I set goals is sixth grade and I succeeded and I did the same thing in seventh, now I am still setting goals because without goals you will stray of course. The goals I set for myself involve making the honor role getting into the Medical Science program at the Freehold Boro High School. This will be tough because many other people will be going for this program not only in this school so I will have to work very hard to reach my goal. I will achieve this goal by working hard getting good grades and doing the best I can on those tests. I will work hard in all my classes to get great recommendations and that will definitely help me succeed. Outside of school I play football, basketball, and lacrosse.I set high goals in each of these sports. In football only the top 3 teams in each division get into the playoffs, I want the team I play for to make it into the playoffs. In lacrosse I play defence so my goal for most games is to not let my man get by me and score goal. I am not very good at basketball but that doesn't make my goals easier to schive, I like to get at least 6 points a game. These are some hard goals to achieve but I believe that with the work I put in I can achieve these…

    • 839 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Personal Narrative: NBA Basketball
    • 621 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Personal Narrative: NBA Basketball

    I was an eight year old kid when I had my first ever glimpse of the NBA Basketball. It was a lanky afro manchild doing a reverse dunk versus Indiana right in front of the Laker crowd. Crowd was in awe, Commentators were ecstatic and Kevin Harlan in his usual voice saying, Kobe can’t be denied. That day, my love affair with the Los Angeles Lakers started.…

    • 621 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Nba College Education
    • 568 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Nba College Education

    Every basketball player tries hard and gives his/her the best on the court because of high motivation and possible opportunities in the future. Those opportunities lie in playing for the National Basketball Association (NBA), considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world with highly talented individuals. Generally every basketball player in the world dreams of being part of an NBA team even for a minute.…

    • 568 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Becoming A Professional NFL Player
    • 139 Words
    • 1 Page

    Becoming A Professional NFL Player

    My topic is going to be about “Careers” my plan is to become a professional NFL football player for a few years and when I retire I am going to have a wife and kids and start my own business with football products and sort of like a Hall of Fame museum with some of the best of all time. I want to get drafted to the Panthers in 2025 another career I want to achieve is to be a professional fisherman like “Jeremy Wade” off of the discover channel.…

    • 139 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Personal Narrative: My Growth As A Basketball Team
    • 539 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Personal Narrative: My Growth As A Basketball Team

    One extremely important activity outside of the classroom that has helped me grow as an individual is Church League basketball at my local YMCA. From the outside looking in this league seems to be a form of glorified pick-up basketball with referees and a scoreboard but there is so much more to it. Almost half way through my junior year my father convinced me to try out for the varsity basketball team at school in November to which I hesitated at first but later gave in and tried out only to be cut. At first I was upset because I had never been cut from a team and I was unsure of how to handle it and what to do with my free time. This prompted me to reach out to God and ask him for a sense of direction and purpose in this time of my life to which He responded with a friend inviting me to Church League basketball. Once I experienced a few scrimmages and practices I decided to commit to playing Church League and coming to all of the…

    • 539 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    I Want To Play Basketball
    • 196 Words
    • 1 Page

    I Want To Play Basketball

    I like to play basketball. I have been playing basketball since I was five years old. I…

    • 196 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Becoming A Professional Athlete Essay
    • 554 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Becoming A Professional Athlete Essay

    As the young and naive children we were, adults always told us to never give up on our dreams. This statement usually applied to the impractical dreams of becoming president of the United States, transforming into a superhero, or playing alongside professional athletes. These were all big ideas and aspirations that fueled our carefree childhoods, and were appropriate practice for shaping the paths to our true passions we discover later on in our lives; particularly in high school. High school is where teenagers are able experiment and begin to understand themselves as individuals, rather than what everybody else likes to do. Of course there are exceptions to those who are the “followers” rather than the “leaders”, but I’d like to claim I had…

    • 554 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Personal Narrative: My Basketball Experience
    • 517 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Personal Narrative: My Basketball Experience

    Between 4th and 5th grade I joined a basketball team. I was in tryouts but I didn’t think I did so well. I ended up making the team though. Practices after practices, my first game took place.…

    • 517 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More

Related Topics