Rocky Balboa Loughrige: My Hero

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My hero

“It's not about how hard you hit it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward how much you can take and keep, moving forward, that's how winning is done.” -Rocky Balboa Shawn Loughrige a very hardworking family man a football coach and speaker at church. Mr. Loughrige has taught me no matter how hard life is keep, pushing and you can get through it. Shawn taught me no matter how hard life is just keep pushing and you'll get through it. Shawn almost died after getting back from a missions trip in Haiti his temperature got over 100 degrees,Every night he woke up drenched in sweat and his wife,“It's not about how hard you hit it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward how much you can take and keep, moving forward, that's how winning is done.” -Rocky Balboa Shawn Loughrige a very hardworking family man a football coach and speaker at church. Mr. Loughrige has taught me no matter how hard life is keep, pushing and you can get through it. Shawn taught me no matter how hard life is just keep
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Shawn and the family made a football camp called ‘I've got your backs’ his son loved to ride dirt bikes and they had a dirt bike trail behind their house sometimes Ezra and I will go out there and ride quads.
As a result of all these tough situations he has become a high school football coach for Marshall High School. Shawn has always loved football. After coach Hendershot resigned coach Beef was hired and Shawn was interested in helping with the team so he was hired. This year Marshall went 7-3. He always motivated his players and made them better men. This is how Shawn has motivated

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