Watching Kobe play basketball during the 2010 NBA playoffs made me want to try out for my high school basketball team. I decided that I was going to dedicate that summer to emulate Kobe. Just like Kobe, I was fueled to be the best. I had that same internal fire burning within me and the same drive that was going to propel me onto a varsity basketball roster. It is common knowledge that the fear of failure is what drives Kobe to his infinite pursuit of excellence.
No one else could lead one team to six championships in one decade, and would have come out of retirement twice to come back to the game of basketball. That shows true love for the sport and the continuous stride to always get better as Michaels parents taught him. Michael was one of a kind person, and no matter how many people wanted to be like him no one could. He is one of a kind; he is the one and only Michael
Michael Jordan tried out for his high school basketball team and was cut because he was too short. From that point on, Michael Jordan set out to prove that he would be the best NBA player to ever play the game of basketball. Michael Jordan was born in 1963 in New York. His family moved to North Carolina when he as a toddler. Michael Jordan went on to attend college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was an all-star player.
Tiffany Johnson Laura Govia Composition 2 October 10, 2012 Shatter dreams in John Updike’s “Ex-Basketball Player” The title of the poem really tell you what the poem is all about. The speaker tell you what a great basketball player he was and how often he dreamed about his basketball career. The poem tells us about a basketball player who was the best player on his basketball tea, and hold the high school that still has not been beat. “He never learned a trade”(line49) and now he works at “Berth’s Garage” (line 4). The poem implies that Flick was a great basketball and that he was the best in the county and that he hold the county record of scoring the most points.
Slowly time passed and it was time, it was time for the big game. Jim called his boys in a huddle and told them – “ This is the night boys, we are on the verge of achieving the greatest prize on offer, all of us have worked hard to get to this stage, it is because of the hard work of each and every one of you that we are here, I have got no instructions for you today, because tonight is a night that I have never experienced in my life, tonight I want nothing to do but to enjoy the night, I want you all also to do the same. I want you to understand that it is a game, we go out there to play our best, we go out there to run our hearts out, we go out there to play for each other, we go out there to win for each other, but if we fall short, we all will still be proud of each other, remember life is never too cruel not to give you a second chance, it has given me one and it will give you all one too, so enjoy the night, play your hearts out and there’s no reason why we won’t be leaving the arena tonight as the champions”. Jim’s mother was sitting in the crowd, waving at his son, she had become thin but still had the warmth in her eyes when she looked at him. The Lakers won the game and the championship that night but Jim was given the Comeback of the Year trophy for his
Our opponent was against Diablo Vista. We all had butterflies in our stomach. Before the game I got the players in a huddle and told them, “Whether we win or lose isn’t as important as the camaraderie I have seen between you guys over the last couple of weeks and I am honored to be able to coach you gentlemen.” Coaching basketball was not easy for my but in the end my perseverance paid off. Not only did I learn how to earn the children’s trust and how to be a mentor but I also learned something about learning. I am not nearly as nervous anymore when put in a new environment.
When I first started playing sports it was it was all for fun until I found the sports I truly loved and was serious about them. The first sport I ever tried was when I was 4, I did gymnastics. I loved it so much and I would watch the older girls hoping that would be me one day. I only did it for 2 years though because the place I went to moved somewhere else so I stopped. I won a medal in floor and this first got me going with competition.
The Boys & Girls Club ran several different sports programs so I was always there. One year a month or so before summer I was about fifteen (15). The Director made an announcement that they will be hiring a teen to run the lunch program for the summer. At that time the opportunity seemed perfect, but the only problem was that I wasn’t the only person interested. ---What should I do---- Later on day all I could think about was how could I get that job.
How did Coach Carter inspire his team to become both better players and people? Coach Carter was an inspiration coach to the Richmond high basketball team, he took a bunch of disrespectful, no good kids that were going no one in life and turned them into respectful young men that were now going somewhere in life. Couch Carter went to Richmond high school when he was a teenage and held record’s for basketball. He wanted to teach the boys that they could go somewhere in life if they study and go to classes and get good grades. Before couch carter took over the Richmond high basketball team they were shit.
That is when I started to develop the love for basketball. I wanted to be like Magic Johnson his approach to the game was smooth. He was very fundamental and he knew how to control the game. I played basketball all four years of my high school career and I loved every bit of it. When I had free time I would volunteer at the community to coach a youth 11-12 years old basketball team.