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went down in history as being a valuable player, student and genuine person. Bradley was an exceptionally smart kid who was also a gifted basketball player and out of high school he decided to play for Princeton University. He had qualities unmatched to any player known and his uncanny ability to communicate with everyone followed by his career after basketball prove how accomplished this man became. Bradley had immense focus and intangible time management skills. When it came to managing…

the effect on the opposing team by stopping them and starting the fast break, Russell said, “Yes, we did that to you. And if you come back, we'll do it again”. With all of the accomplishments that Bill Russell gained, the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America declared Bill Russell to be the “Greatest Player in the History of the NBA” in 1980. Most people of my generation believe that Michael Jordan is the “Greatest of All-Time” due to the fact that we grew up in the 90’s era and…

greatest assets is dedication. While I was not the best basketball player on my high school team, I worked constantly to perfect my jump shot. Throughout my high school basketball career, I have met with my coach three days per week for one-on-one workouts to perfect my ball handling and shooting form. I wanted to be a much better basketball player, and was willing to put the work in to improve my game every day. I made the Varsity basketball team as a freshman, but didn't see the court at all.…

by so quickly. At this time I was into sports, basketball being my favored. I would be at the basketball courts night and day or I would just walk the block bouncing a basketball. I remember playing at the YMCA I was positioned as a point guard because of my accomplishments. After playing with the YMCA I joined other city by the name of River Park Recreation. I played on a team named the Bulldogs. Playing for the city league was the best basketball experience.…

My whole life I’ve been a little different. From the clothes I wear and the way I present myself, to the way I look at the world, I’ve always been somewhat peculiar. Not peculiar in a bad way, but in an interesting, provocative kind of way. I am the weird greenish-yellow crayon in the box that no one ever uses. I was born in Anchorage, Alaska. My mom enrolled me and my sister into a Waldorf school where we spent our time building fairy houses in the woods, making slingshots out of twigs, and…

All my life I was always put down for being small. Standing at 4’11 now as a freshman in college I get comments on my height every day. So when my basketball coach at the end of my freshmen year of high school blew her high-pitched whistle stopping practice to say “Why is the shortest person on the team jumping high than all of you!” I felt the biggest swell in my chest. That moment in practice was a significant turning point in my life that proves I am capable of accomplishing anything with…

game. Then Devin Caputo called me on the phone try to do the same thing. So I just ended up caving in instead of being rebellious. Therefore I went to the game and ended up getting my first triple double. The pain it takes to prepare and play a basketball game at your best ever night, and give your all is a tough thing to do. I put my all in to all in my workouts. Two weeks prior to the championship game was tons of jumping exercises to increasing my vertical. Which that hard work…

place I went to when coping with family incidents. This institution, in particular the basketball gym, helped me find myself, changing my life forever. Some things happen for a reason, and living a short five minute walk away from the YMCA was one of them for me. Throughout my life, basketball has been my favorite sport and the YMCA became my household gym. Whenever I had free time, I was on this basketball court. Every Friday after school, several of us made the quick trek over, celebrating…

BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL Basketball is a sport in which you need a lot fundamental’s. You do not have to be the greatest you just need some kind of knowledge of the game. Football on the other hand you just need to be bigger than a bull and faster than a rabbit and jump higher than a kangaroo in my perspective. Do not get me wrong football is a great sport and it is very exciting, but basketball you need height in most cases as to say you wanted to play the center or power forward position, in…

I was in seventh grade, the first year of middle school and it was my first basketball game. When I woke up I already was so pumped to play. When my mom woke me up I felt like nobody can stop me from playing this game and that meant that we were going to dominate this game. I also felt that nobody was going to ruin my day that day because I was going to play a basketball game today. When I went to school I had athletics for first period and it was a lot more fun than the other days because we…