Greg Maddux Research Paper

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Gregory Allen Maddux.
Hero, a man distinguished with courage and ability, a man that came up from poverty and turned out to be one of the greatest major league baseball players ever. When its comes to baseball hearing the word hero you think of a certain amount of people and Greg was one of them. When Greg earned his money he decides to donate his money to help children that were unprivileged and disable. He was also know as being a good sport on and off the field. Greg Maddux, what cant people not say about him? He has accomplished so much through out his career. He was drafted right out of high school and became one of the most well known

pitchers of all time. He became most well
Obstacles and struggles, doesn’t everyone have them sometime or another. So of course Greg ran into some through out his career. But what separates him most from other athletes’ is that he only played because he loved the game. Unlike some other players who only played for the money and fame. People don’t think he will ever give up. Greg really had to deal with his problems by himself and that’s why most people think that he is tough and he can handle anything that gets in his way. His mentor you ask. His mentor was his dad he always helped through all the troubles that got in his way. When people would ask how he did so well he would say “It was because of my dad” -James Newman. His dad is the person who introduced to the game of baseball. He showed to play the sport of baseball. The most important thing of all is that he taught him how to love the game. Most people say that he will never forget the first day his dad took to a baseball game, that is where he started to fall in love with the game. He will forever thank his father for introducing him to the game of