than to finish their year out with the champion title. As for me‚ I wanted to win‚ not only for my teammates‚ coaches‚ and parents‚ but for me. Although‚ I wanted us to be named champions‚ life is not always about winning‚ or trying to be better than the person next to you. Instead‚ life is about the setbacks‚ the disappointments‚ the heartaches and getting right back up. It’s the experiences of failing and how I handle coming in second determines whether I achieve real greatness‚ or not. All in all
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slow my vehicle down. I checked my surrounding didn’t see ant police around‚ out of nowhere I started to hear the ringing coming from a police car. Didn’t know he was coming for me as I pulled over in the parking lot on the side all I could think about me getting a speeding ticket.
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Ignorance was such a bliss. As days passed by‚ I smiled with joy and not a care in the world. Chasing after hares that peeked through the tall green grass while colorful kites flew so high that they seem to touch the white clouds. Everything was calm and quiet like the crystal blue lake‚ Not once did I see the dark clouds brewing with thunder. The sun hid behind the layers of clouds like the hidden emotions behind a masked smile. The thunder could not silence the echoes of the two fighting voices
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Bloody‚broken‚ all for this sport. I’ll never hold back. I play it‚ love it‚ live it. Softball‚ my sport‚ my love‚ my life. It was an ordinary day in Spring City‚ sun was beaming‚ there was a blue sky‚everything was perfect. It was the fifth inning in my softball game‚ and I was next up to bat‚ I grabbed my batting gloves quickly pulling them over each one of my fingers‚ next my helmet sliding it over my hair‚ which is in a ponytail‚ and my blue bat with black and gold writing on the steel
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This article "Hitting the Wall" describes the ways in which international labor policies hurt Nike‚ a company that was once prospering and a model of efficiency. The article begins by describing Phil Knight’s‚ the CEO of Nike‚ strategy to outsource all manufacturing. He then wanted to use this money saved through outsourcing and use it towards marketing and endorsements with athletes. Nike began by using manufacturers in Japan‚ switching to South Korea and Taiwan when costs rose to high. Now a large
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“Master‚ it’s time to wake up! You can’t afford to be late for the opening ceremony.” A voice yelled in my ear. I opened my eyes to see the floating body of a girl staring at me. No‚ I’m not joking. There was a floating body above me. Normally‚ people would’ve yelled ghost and ran off but‚ I’m not your average normal person‚ far from it. I’m a Prophet‚ a person who can use Mana in the form of Magic. That floating girl is in fact‚ a result of Magic. My father was a person who could you spiritual
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I think my mother is wrong for picking a right man for her. it was back in 2004 when my father left my mother and my family with another woman. But it made me realize to enjoy‚ love and support my family even without a father figure We used to be a one big happy family. We always go outside and eat after my father’s work. But it was started back when February 2004 when my father said to my mother that “kailangan kong kumita ng malaki dahil nagsisilakihan na ang mga anak mo”. So my father is always
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The day I decided to move was a very emotional day. It was a day I felt that it was time for a change. I was in a place in my life where I felt like I was stuck and very unhappy. Even though I had everything that I thought would make me happy‚ I was not happy. I had a job‚ my own place a car and plenty of friends‚ and yet I still felt unhappy. Deciding to move was a hard decision because I was not only changing my life I was leaving friends that I had been around my whole life‚ 25 years to be
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There I am standing on what is perfect grass‚ and with the world at my fingertips. On either side ‚ my teammates are doing the same‚ but my eyes aren’t on them. No‚ they are locked ahead‚ glaring not at but through the opposition‚ conceptualizing my goal. On this day I am optimistic and adamant ‚ but I wasn’t always like this. My journey from the likes of Belgium ‚ Senegal ‚ Guinea‚ Morocco‚ Sierra Leone and Germany to America has been nothing but exquisite and adventurous and within that time I
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NARRATIVE ESSAY ABOUT A DANGEROUS SITUATION I’m going to talk about a time when I was in a dangerous situation. When I was ten years old two guys mugged me‚ they threatened me with a gun and I was so scared I remember thinking they were going to hurt me or even kill me. My father had a restaurant and he needed smaller bills to give change he could not leave the restaurant‚ so he sent me to buy some groceries. On my way to the groceries store two guys told me to come closer I refused and walked
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