There aren’t too many stories of little Jewish boys navigating their way from the Big Apple to any level of basketball fame and fortune. Well, Yanni Hufnagel is the nice little Jewish lad who has managed to build himself into one of the most respected assistant basketball coaches on the NCAA major college level. Hufnagel started out with high aspirations to be a basketball player, but in spite of all his hard work and dedicated diligence, he was cut from his Scarsdale, New York high school squad. If he didn’t have the talent to be a player, Hufnagel immediately began working on ways he could become involved in the game he loved so much. Yanni didn’t waste any time, doing the color commentary for his Scarsdale High School games.…
Her mother is currently living in Jamaica; unfortunately, her father has passed away. Her definition of social activities is spending time with non-family members. In her spare time she likes to run her kids to various activities and listen to them play the piano. Her hobbies include reading books and listening to music. She is a religious person and believes in God.…
“The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.”…
Ross Perot says, an American business man, “Life is never more fun than when you are the underdog competing against the giants”. Everyone has limited views about the underdog’s success. They consider that the Giants will always beat the underdogs. Perot thinks it will be fun if we play roles in the underdogs and against the giants. In David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell, he talks about the story and victory of the underdogs through the introduction.…
Have you ever been an underdog? Have you ever have the satisfaction to win when nobody was excepting you to? If so, you are an inspiration for the people around you because of your faith and your determination in what you are doing. Some underdogs just like you influenced entire country by their touching story. They gave hope to thousand of people during hard times.…
Growing up as a young man, Darin Leroy Garner Jr. was very athletically talented. He was born with the ambition to be the best athlete the world could have imagined. He took part in two sports; swimming, and baseball. Both of which he was awarded well in. There were multiple medals for swimming, and even more trophies and records in baseball.…
1.) Some of Anne Moody’s most important early childhood experiences were her uncle (who wasn’t much older than her) watching her and her baby sister, Adline. Her uncle, George Lee, would abuse the two children, mainly Essie Mae. George Lee would abuse the children because he wanted to play out in the woods rather than watch babies all day long. He burned down the house accidentally after telling the two young children “I’m goin’ to burn you two cryin’ fools up.…
Madison Caldwell is the daughter of Mark and Dana Caldwell of Labadie. She has been a part of the PHS Varsity volleyball team for 4 years. She is also a member of Tribe, and PHS Ambassadors. Madison is undecided on what she wants to do after high school, but she plans on using her A+. In her free time, Madison enjoys playing volleyball and hanging out with her two best friends, Mallory and Sydney.…
She is very popular around school. She has the strongest relationship with God that you could possibly imagine. Her father is a pastor so she goes to church every Sunday for regular service, every Wednesday for bible study, and most Saturdays for youth group. She is a competitive gymnast and has been for…
10. Junior never guessed he’d be a good basketball player. “I mean, [he] always loved ball, mostly because [his] father loved it so much, and because Rowdy loved it even more, but [he] figured [he’d] always be one of those players who sat on the bench and cheered his bigger, faster, more talented teammates to victory and/or defeat”(Alexia 179).I can relate to Junior because, I used to play soccer and run track. I never fully loved playing the sports, but I played them because my dad loved them. My dad loved coming to my games and meets to see me be superior.…
Junior has poor self-esteem through the obstacles and comes to overcome them. Three ways that change through the novel and transforms Junior is basketball, mentors, and Penelope. Joining the basketball team at Reardan really helped Junior with his self-esteem. Junior didn’t realize he would make the team but the coach realized his shooting skills were better because he remembers him at the reservation school and coach told junior “…
In the story, True Legend, by Mike Lupica, the main character, Drew Robinson, is a basketball prodigy. He eats, drinks, breathes, and sleeps basketball. I can easily relate him to myself, being a basketball fanatic. If I could choose to have Drew as my friend in real life, I would choose no, only because Drew is so focused on basketball, he cannot keep up with his school work. I am like the opposite, because I care very much about school and my grades, but I do love basketball like him WHat I do admire about Drew is that he loves and cares about his family.…
One of the most challenging things I have gone through was getting knee surgery earlier this past year. It was a frightening time for both myself and my loved ones. The procedure itself is what I initially feared. I knew the road to recovery would not be an easy one, but I would have never imagined the recovery process would be so emotionally and physically draining. During my sophomore and junior year, I began going to the YMCA nearly everyday with my close friend, CJ.…
Halyn Nahum Quinlan liked her name. It fit her personality perfectly. Halyn for her unique personality, Nahum for her comforting nature, and Quinlan for her strength. Hayln never understood her older brother, Allister’s name. It meant the protector and helper, which he was neither.…
Introduction Mrs. R is a sixty six year old woman, born and raised in Indiana and transplanted to Ohio as an adult. She considers her life a very typical one, she grew up, got married, had a family, got a job, and retired. But as we know, every life has a story beyond the typical outline.…