to riches”‚ “Oakland seniors marks of success: Top of college admissions”. The first article that discusses grit is ‘what it take to be great” by Geoff Colvin. The article is about examples on how people become great. In fact “in basketball‚ Michael Jordan practiced intensely beyond the already punishing team practices”. What the evidence is talking about is how greatness is hard to achieve and it takes time. An another example of grit is Jerry Rice an all-time great receiver was passed up by 15
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Kobe Speech Hall of Fame consists of legends of the past that will never be forgotten. As the president of the NBA‚ I would like congratulate Kobe Bryant as he’s been selected into the NBA Hall of Fame. The Black Mamba is one of the deadliest‚ fastest‚ and most feared snake in the World today. That was the description of 6’7ft 210lb Kobe Bryant on the court since he joined the league right out of high school. His nickname tells it all and no man in today’s culture has been more polarizing:
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(Dweck‚ 2007‚ pg. 7). People with this mindset believe that you cannot predict what a person is capable of. If we look at someone else (with a growth mindset) who was told they were not good enough to play basketball‚ they would react differently. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team‚ but that did not stop him. He became a well-known basketball player for the NBA that people looked up to. If I had his mindset at a young age‚ who knows where I would be now! People with a fixed
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1980-1990. The Chicago Bulls won six NBA championships between 1991 and 1998 with two three-peats. All six championship teams were led by Michael Jordan‚ Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson (basketball Hall of Fame). The Bulls won an NBA record-72 games during the 1995–96 NBA season and are the only team in NBA history to win 70 games or more in a single season. Jordan was named the Finals MVP sixt times in his career. He retired for the second time
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“I’ve failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed”. This is a quote by Michael Jordan‚ the best basketball player in NBA history. I look up to Michael Jordan and I know that he never even thought about quitting in life‚ so no matter how much I fail I will never quit. I am known for how much love and passion I have for basketball. My love for the game is equal to
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is more important is learning from our mistakes. The rewards one gets in life are usually the results of one’s efforts. No man can hope to have a very easy life and also the same time a very successful one. The examples of Albert Einstein and Michael Jordan clearly reveal my view point. Most of us take Einstein’s name as synonymous with genius‚ but he didn’t always show such promise. Einstein did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven‚ causing his teachers
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because I can get the assist. Basketball is more than just running back and forth. In basketball I made some more friends with my team.Basketball is what I believe in. In basketball I learned new things. I learned that there is someone called Michael Jordan I saw that he could jump from the free throw line to the hoop and slam dunk it.Mj is the best basketball player that has ever lived. I learned about all the teams‚ there are 30 teams in the Nba and my favorite team is the Chicago Bulls. I also
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NBA Draft there were a number of players that were drafted that were later to become stars. Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon was selected as first pick. He would later play with the Houston Rockets and win two championships with them (1994‚ 1995). Michael Jordan was selected as third pick. He later became arguably the best player in NBA history. He led the Chicago Bulls to six championships in the 1990’s‚ (1991‚ 1992‚ 1993‚ 1996‚ 1997‚ 1998)‚ and together with the Chicago Bulls they had a 72-10 season
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Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami The documentary‚ “Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami”‚ directed by Gaspar González and Alan Tomlinson‚ chronologically explores the life of Cassius Clay‚ better known as Muhammad Ali. The documentary begins by briefly providing background information about his upbringing‚ explaining how he grew up in an unstable home with an alcoholic father‚ and was also was exposed daily to the harsh realities of racial injustice in America in the 1960s‚ specifically the idea that he was
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the world watched the greatest team in sports ever assembled joke‚ pose‚ and finally play its way to the gold medal at the summer Olympic games. The team was named the "Dream Team" and it featured eleven of the NBA’s best players. Names like Michael Jordan‚ Earvin "Magic" Johnson‚ and Larry Bird headlined the games and the play of Scottie Pippen and "Sir" Charles Barkley stole the show. After only eight games‚ the world of USA basketball would never be the same. Since 1992 two more teams called
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