I had a lot of failures in my short lifetime. Some of the failures I have done have done a lot of good for me. I am a person that likes to do a lot of things and with a lot of things to do; there is a lot of failures that comes with it. The biggest thing I like to do is play basketball. With basketball a lot of the greats had found failure before they became the biggest hero in sports. This essay is about things I have failed at and how they turned into success moments. The first thing I can remember
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Here is your Chino Hills basketball starting line up; Lonzo Ball‚ Gelo Ball‚ Melo Ball‚ Eli Scott‚ and Onyeka Okongwu! These 5 guys are just a fraction of one big team who have become real winners in our hearts and really showed this nation who we are and what our basketball team is really made of. Now these guys aren’t just all basketball‚ yet it is year round for them‚ their also just regular beings like us. on March 23‚ 2016 our Journalism class sat down with these 5 guys and interviewed them
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College Essay Since I was 7 years old‚ basketball has played an integral part of my life. I have devoted countless hours to not just a sport‚ but a passion‚ an outlet; to the game that I love. When I arrived at Bow Middle School as a fifth grader‚ my classmates and I would always look up to the 7th and 8th grade middle school basketball teams. Every year during winter carnival‚ the boys and girls teams would play a game in front of the entire school. Playing in that game became a dream and a
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Our nation has invested itself‚ economically and socially‚ in sports for more than a century. To the athletic elite‚ there is the opportunity to turn their childhood passion into their livelihood. From the four most recognized professional sports in America - Baseball (MLB) ‚ Football (NFL) ‚ Basketball (NFL)‚ and Hockey (NHL) - only a select handful of athletes reach the professional level‚ and even fewer remain at that level and see long-term success. Our nation as seen a continuous evolution in
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MIGUEL COTTO NET WORTH Introduction: Miguel Angel Cotto Vazquez‚ best called Miguel Cotto‚ is a very skilled boxer from Puerto-Rico. He’s the very first Puerto-Rican boxer to win the world titles in four totally different weight categories. He’s ranking fourth within the world best middle-weight by Transnational Boxing Ranking Board (TBRB). Miguel is also known as Junito. Early Life: Miguel Cotto aka Junito was born on 29th October 1980‚ in Providence‚ Rhode Island‚ U.S. The family went to Puerto
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My cultural identity is important to me because it represents who I am as a whole. The things that I enjoy are a part of my cultural identity. My culture helps me know where I belong. My cultural identity is American because my family and I have lived here for generations which is illustrated by the movies‚ sports‚ and foods we are interested in. Basketball represents my culture and me. My basketball is blue and white‚ a size 28.5‚ and is the Wilson Brand. The ball isn’t brand new and has been
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Television shows‚ plays‚ and movies can easily relate to any human. Emotion sometimes is the way to connect to an individual. Everything is for a reason in the lime light. There was a specifically movie that caught my attention. This movie related to me in so many ways. The name of the movie is called‚ “Above the Rim.” Kyle Watson is a talented basketball player who is about to graduate from high school. While he waits to find out if he will receive a scholarship to Georgetown
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Something that is always brought up is‚¨do we control our destiny or does your destiny choose you?¨ Well folks the answer is very simple. I am going to summarize two stories that talk about how much we control our destiny. People have also been talking about this concept for many centuries too. The first story I am going to talk about is the Sport Gene. The story begins with a college student named Thomas who is bet that he cant jump six foot six. Thomas successfully completes the bet and actually
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Christopher Skinner English 112 Professor Gearing 6/12/13 Phil Jackson Phillip Douglas Jackson was born on September 17‚ 1945 in Deer Lodge‚ Montana. Jackson was known as the best NBA head coach of all time‚ leading the Chicago Bulls to six titles and the Los Angeles Lakers to three. Before Phil became known as a victorious head coach‚ he was an ordinary athlete. Phil Jackson played basketball‚ football‚ and baseball in high school and was recruited to North Dakota University to play basketball
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Pre-AP English To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Many athletes are over emphasized as the greatest‚ such as Kobe Bryant‚ of the L.A. Lakers. Though he is a great individual basketball player and arguably one of the best in the game‚ were would he be without the likes of Shaq‚ Lamar Odom‚ Andrew Bynum‚ and Pao Gasol. I could assure you he wouldn’t be on the way to another NBA championship opportunity. Well the fact of having a supporting cast applies to sports as well as the novel To Kill a Mockingbird
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