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How Basketball Has Impacted My Life
Basketball is a wide known sport, that has impacted my life in many ways. I love basketball, it has kept me from doing other things, but I truly can't complain because of many amazing opportunities I have been granted. Not only has it impacted my life it has also impacted millions of people's life around the world.

My passion for basketball has impacted me in many ways, short term things that are good include new friends, always being busy with people who work as hard as you do, you get to travel to different places, and lastly meet people from other schools. There are long term disadvantages which include bad knees, if you don’t wear kneepads your constantly hurting your knees. I have been granted many amazing opportunities because of basketball

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