My schedule consisted of waking up early every day and taking a 1.5 mile run, followed by taking 500 jump shots, a similar exercise Kobe performed during his high school career. Conquering the fear of failure became an imaginary bond between Kobe and I. I knew that working hard all summer honed my physical and mental edge on the court. When tryouts came around, the odds were against me, as the team roster had been established, but I did my best Kobe impersonation and played harder than anyone else on the court. I made the team because just like Kobe, I wasn’t going to fail. This experience taught me to have fortitude, and to always strive for my dreams.
Some of the names that were appearing on the top of the charts surprised me. Who knew that the president of the math club had such a strong throwing arm? Is that my lab partner from freshman year passing every other player in sprints? These girls were working harder than any sports team I had been apart of. Amazingly, girls who had little history with each other were gathering together during breaks, laughing and encouraging teammates.
Dave Dockett Into to Literature 4/4/13 Witnessing The Milwaukee Bucks play the Los Angeles Lakers Thirty seconds in Dwight Howard gets the post catch with the Buck’s defender on his back, my eyes get as wide as the red sea as I see him drop step and flush the dunk right in the defender’s face! These were the most athletic physical specimens on the planet, and they were running up and down on the court right before my eyes. It was almost breathtaking to watch players I see over and over again on television go out and do their jobs. My sister is now a freshman in high school in my hometown of Rockford, Illinois and the school she goes to has a really excellent choir program, so excellent, that they were invited to sing the National anthem at the Milwaukee Bucks vs. Los Angeles Lakers game on March 28th in Milwaukee. Discounted tickets were sold to all of the choir member’s family.
We earned the number one seed in the section and were on our way to our goal. We got to our first game in sections against a much worse Truman/Martin Luther team. Nerves got to use in the first half and we were only up by ten points on a mediocre team. After our coach got on us during halftime, we came out in the second half and dominated the game winning 73-48. We had a great week of practice looking forward to the second game of the section playoff.
A few practices in, and only a few more to go, the routine was coming together and I was really proud of all the hard work and dedication that these kids had put into their cheer routine. Our first competition was being held in Lexington about four hours away. Getting all of our uniforms altered and putting the final touches on the routine we were finally ready and I had never seen the kids more excited and determined to show everyone what they could do, and possibly
I am here to stay! All the experiences I’ve had with Ms. Melinda have been fun, challenging and thrilling! I’ve always had so much fun in my dance classes! It’s just the right place for me to have fun and let go. I really need that now as I’m in high school and there are more challenges than before.
With five seniors graduating, many critics expected an immediate decline in Duke's basketball winnings, but Krzyzewski's 1987 Devils won 24 games and made it to the Sweet 16, losing to Indiana, who went on to win the national championship. From 1988 to 1992, he led his team to the Final Four, five consecutive seasons. UCLA's legendary John Wooden is the only other coach in the history of the tournament to accomplish such greatness. "Leadership is getting people to buy into something, making them feel vested in the whole decision-making process," said Grant Hill, an All-American who helped Duke to two national titles. "Coach K is remarkable at doing that."
I couldn’t believe it. I had only been practicing for quads for four months and I made it as a freshmen! I was so excited. The next day I went to my old drum instructor and told him I had made the quads and he couldn’t believe what he heard. But he ended up congratulating me and I was so happy.
The Heat won the series and went on to the NBA Finals to face LeBron’s good friend Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Both Durant and LeBron did not have a championship at this time, which made it even more of a competition to win a championship. In game four, LeBron was taken off the court because he was experiencing leg cramps with five minutes left on the clock. Even then, noticing his team needed him LeBron stumbled back on the court and shot his last 3 pointer of the night in order to take the lead and win the game. In game five, he had his first triple double of the post season to help take the series and his first NBA Championship.
I was thinking in my head high spirits and big smile wins a judge over every time, I know my material and only I can present it how it should be, I’ve got this and I will place high. Well I waited and sure enough five minutes was over. I walked in said a friendly Good Morning to all three of my female judges and then set up my board on the easel and I was off to start from there. I shook everyone’s hands said hello and introduced I as the Manger of Hollister Co. and handed out my business cards. They were all fantasized with how good my project board looked, how artistic I made everything and how visual it was the only problem that came to me was the question “What is Hollister Co.?” These judges were kind of old ladies they would probably have no idea or never shopped or seen this store at the mall before, but since I am an avid customer that shops there I had no problems explaining to them what the store was and what it was like.