Sometimes, in sports or in life in general, there are favorites and underdogs. There is a general consensus that the favorite team or player will win but sometimes it`s the underdog that wins and receives all the honor related with that win. This is very similar to what I read about Seabiscuit and what I watched in the video of Jason McElwain. Some people have the ability to transcend their underdog status (ie. Red from Seabiscuit and Jason) and create something very special. In both cases, both competitors had to defy the odds and fight through adversity to achieve thier victory. They both teach us a lot about how we as people can overcome obstacles in our lives, weather it be sport or simply growing as a person. We have all encountered problems
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The crown was convicted that seabicuits will be defeated but they have been so impressed when seabiscuits was better than Rosemont in case he loose by a nose . So that the first event that help seabiscuit and red to get out of their underdog tags. After seabiscuit win a lot of run with red but when red get injured Seabiscuit was not able to win a race so two years later when red step on seabiscuits and won the race in front of 78 000 fans they have trancended their underdog tag.
Secondly, Jason McElwain seized his moment when the coach tell him to jump on the field and he made a point. After a few moment he scored an other time and finished the game with 21 points. The best player of the game was Jason even he was not in the team and have autism problem.
Thirdly, when I was on the peewee level at hockey I made a camp for the peewee AA. I was on my first year of peewee and was not the best player at my age. When the camp has started I was not playing my best game. Then everybody said that I was not going to make the team. So a few more games later , I started to make some points in the game that was very important and I have made the team. At the end of the year I was the best player of my team and I realized that I was no more an underdog. Like Jason and Seabiscuit stories I was not the favorite to make the team but I don`t let me down and I worked harder and help me grow has a person
The crown was convicted that seabicuits will be defeated but they have been so impressed when seabiscuits was better than Rosemont in case he loose by a nose . So that the first event that help seabiscuit and red to get out of their underdog tags. After seabiscuit win a lot of run with red but when red get injured Seabiscuit was not able to win a race so two years later when red step on seabiscuits and won the race in front of 78 000 fans they have trancended their underdog tag.
Secondly, Jason McElwain seized his moment when the coach tell him to jump on the field and he made a point. After a few moment he scored an other time and finished the game with 21 points. The best player of the game was Jason even he was not in the team and have autism problem.
Thirdly, when I was on the peewee level at hockey I made a camp for the peewee AA. I was on my first year of peewee and was not the best player at my age. When the camp has started I was not playing my best game. Then everybody said that I was not going to make the team. So a few more games later , I started to make some points in the game that was very important and I have made the team. At the end of the year I was the best player of my team and I realized that I was no more an underdog. Like Jason and Seabiscuit stories I was not the favorite to make the team but I don`t let me down and I worked harder and help me grow has a person