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The Dreams of Success Everyone in America is given the chance to achieve success. The Olympic Games gave equal opportunity to Michael Phelps, Kerri Strug, and Serena Williams to achieve success in the personal live allowed them to leave their mark on history, with hard work, determination, and initiative. Michael Phelps had a rough childhood. At the age of seven he was diagnosed with ADHD. Phelps recalls this life event by saying, “ADHD was hard for me but I quickly overcame it. But it aided me…

clift. A granite dome at the eastern of the yosemite valley. The Grand Canyon is another national park in the united states that gets many tourists every year. The Grand Canyon National Park is located in…

She was ranked number one among under ten players in Florida. At the age of seventeen she won her very first Grand Slam singles. Not many people have achieved that. That has led to her going on to win a total of 19 Grand Slams singles. She is so great that many people think she will break Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam Singles. On the other hand, others do not believe that she will be able to since she is close to the age of retirement. However, Navratilova…

Arizona. The Grand Canyon State. It's the perfect place for spontaneous road trips to beautiful destinations. I can already see myself hiking up a mountain with my friends to capture the perfect sunset and star gaze long into the night. Spending the summer splashing each other at Havasu Falls will be just another day in paradise. In the winter, we'll drive up to Flagstaff, build some snowmen, and take numerous pictures during an impromptu photo shoot. Then, we'll venture up to the Grand Canyon…

Life is just like a game of tennis. You lose points, you win points, you overcome struggles, and you can even come back to win in the end after you had been losing most of the match. Tennis has been one of my struggles in life, one of my struggles to succeed, but I don’t play competitive tennis anymore. I’m not on the club team, playing for any college, and at this time, not even intramural. How has tennis helped me and why do I still care about it? Lets go back to when I was in eighth grade,…

Arthur Ashe is known for being one of the most successful tennis players in the world. He has books, biographies, short stories, and even newspaper entries that have been written about him. Arthur was born on July 10, 1943, in Richmond Virginia. Ashe is known worldwide for being one of the most successful tennis players in the world, and also known for always smiling even if losing the game. Arthur Ashe is famous for many things, but he is most famous for being the “First African American to…

2015 The Grand Canyon One of the most visited landscapes in the world is the Grand Canyon. Along with the Grand Canyon being absolutely beautiful, it has many mysteries even scientists are not certain about, including how it was made, exactly how old it is, and many more questions remain. The rocks on the grounds of the Grand Canyon offer a breathtaking revelation of the earth's history (Euler, Tikalsky 17). Surprisingly there have been seven hundred deaths that have occurred in the Grand…

The Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most awe-inspiring natural landmarks. Since receiving National Park status in 1919, the park has seen a continual increase of visitors each year. Today nearly 5 million people flock to the park annually and the number is steadily increasing. Cutting into the Colorado Plateau at 2,133 meters (~7,000 feet), spanning roughly 446 kilometers (~277 miles) in length, and covering approximately 4,931 square kilometers (~1,904 square miles) in total, the canyon is…

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of Arizona in the United States. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, the Havasupai people and the Navajo Nation. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery. The Grand…

On September 20th, 1973 Women’s tennis champion Billie Jean King took on Men’s tennis champion Bobby Riggs in Houston, Texas in a winner take all $100,000 tennis match. The match was nationally televised and was named the “Battle of the Sexes”. King would defeat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, and become the first women to defeat a man in any sport. After the match, it is reported that Riggs “was devastated and isolated himself in his hotel room for four hours.” The match had an estimated 90 million…