Lionel Messi Scholarship Essay

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Educational opportunities, spiritual doctrine, and parental guidance influence a person’s character. While all these contribute to an individual’s traits, only hardships draw forth talents that would otherwise go unexplored. People’s characters-what Horace referred to as “talents”- encompasses their morals, qualities, and strengths. Adversity challenges people to overcome obstacles, resulting in a stronger character.
Some successful people in the world once lived in poverty or encountered financial difficulties, nevertheless, reflecting on such experiences led them to create new opportunities. Abject poverty marks the childhood of many athletes, and soccer players, like Lionel Messi, are no exceptions. Messi grew up in a poor neighborhood in

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