One summer, there was a kid named Dean Gullberry and Dean liked to play the game of basketball. Dean would always go out to the river court and do what he does best. Dean had three best friends that he had always spent time with 24/7 playing basketball and just hanging out. His friends Ben Dover who lived across the street from Dean, Dixie Normous who Dean met at the river court but didn’t go to his school, and Jack Koffing who Dean met playing travel ball back at Compton. Dean Gullberry had always wanted to play in his city’s basketball league but people kept on saying that he wasn’t good enough, strong enough or big enough to be in the league. That's until Ray Lewis came and spoke one of his motivational speeches to Dean. One day Dean Gullberry’s life would change forever. Dean was walking to the river court but had to take the back alley to get to his destination because Dean heard 50 Cent got shot nine times on his normal path to the river court. While Dean was walking to in the back alley, he found a pair of kicks. Dean noticed they were “Nike Vintage Mid 77 White Blue Premium leather Jordan shoes” the same ones that Michael Jordan wore when he took the Chicago Bulls to the NBA Finals for the first time in 1991 and won it all. Dean noticed that it was also signed by Jordan and on the bottom of shoes were particles that glowed …show more content…
When Dean got the river court, there was a lot more people there than usual. His best friends Ben Dover, Dixie Normous, and Jack Koffing were all there. Jack came up to him and said that these group of guys couldn’t be beat and that they were being cocky about it. That pissed off Dean because that was his court so he looked at his boys and said “let's do this”. Dean put on the Jordans that he found and right when he put them on, he felt all this energy that made him feel like he can do anything. The shoes gave him special powers to do anything on the
Wes didn’t start off on the right path initially, due to the friends he surrounded himself with such as shea, a young drug runner, and the low standards he set for himself academically, which Author Wes mentions that he was “disappointed with D’s, pleasantly satisfied with C’s and celebratory about a B I allowed my standards at school to become pathetic” (Moore 54). He allowed a fixed mindset of mediocrity along with his environment to almost determine his life path. Without social capital, Author Wes Moore would’ve been doomed for failure but the intervention by his mother, a few of her friends and his grandparents, he was able to attend Valley Forge Military Academy where he was able to benefit from the effects of social capital from his superiors and peers in the form discipline, comradery and leadership. From there, he totally changed his perspective as he developed a growth mindset which was fairly evident when he realized that basketball wasn’t in his long term plans; Wes states “When you step on the court with players like Kobe Bryant or six foot eight point guards who can dunk from the free throw line, your mind begins to concentrate on other options” (Moore 130), that moment of clarity showed the benefits of social capital and a strong growth mindset. Another instance of social capital being beneficial in Author Wes Moore’s life is when he was granted a scholarship to attend John Hopkins University.
The movie Hoop Dreams centered on a pair of intercity youths, William Gates and Arthur Agee. Both of them lived in the projects surrounding Chicago. Their families were economically and educationally disadvantaged. William and Arthur had almost everything imaginable trying to prevent their success. However, they shared a dream of playing in NBA.
Derek first got involved with basketball, watching his brother Duane play high school basketball. Duane made it all the way to the NBA, playing very briefly for the New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers before a cocaine addiction ruined
His addiction only got worse as he turned to drugs to ease anxieties. His family and friends were disappointed in him, and he never needed strangers to tell him what he already knew. Inside, their looks of disgust killed his motivation for rehab. He would wait for his dealer before every Celtics game, and it was only a matter of time before he failed another drug test. A misfortunate early start and years of pain and hopelessness all led to his substance abuse and made his life a living
Staying stealthy on the prowl for big game is much easier when wearing hunting apparel from Glauber’s Sports. The Carrollton, KY gun shop offers a wide variety of hunting accessories and apparel as well as guns, ammunition, and archery equipment. In addition to an impressive inventory, the shop’s friendly staff regularly provides clients with hunting tips so they may enjoy the greatest success possible. Review a few of their best tips for remaining stealthy on the hunt, and don’t forget to stop by Glauber’s Sports whenever you’re low on apparel and accessories. Go Slow: Move slowly...very slowly.
In today’s society, we have former National Football League(NFL) quarterback Collin Kapernick who’s no longer in the NFL because of his protest against racial inequality. However, many people believe he is no longer in the NFL because of his talent. Kapernick led the 49ers to Super Bowl 47. Although they didn’t win, he threw for 302 yards with a touchdown and rushed for 62 yards. Therefore, he didn’t get kicked out of the league because he wasn’t good enough, but for sitting down during the national anthem.
Chris McCandless was in his early 20’s, he was the kind of that guy that wanted to learn and experience life without all of the material things. He wanted to be independent from his parents and friends so Chris did something that would be insane for most of us humans but to him, it wasn’t. He went into the wild of Alaska for months, in fact, McCandless even thought he could make it out alive at the end of his journey. As a matter of fact, he was known as being a risk taker and enjoyed being out and about in the nature side of the world. Many would believe that Chris McCandless went into the wild to purposely kill himself; however, I myself believe that McCandless did not do it purposely.
When Castle first stole the shoes he thought it was the best thing he has done for his track career but he was punished for it. ”A close-up of my
In John Updike’s poem “Ex-Basketball Player” the poet uses literary devices to depict the existing way of life of a once-famous sportsperson. Flick Webb was in before times a gifted athlete on his high school basketball team, and he was commendable of much awe. However, Flick never acquired any other skills to prepare him for a future. Accordingly, he now is locked into an unskilled job and his former glories have pale to all but Flick himself. Updike has created a character that is at this point in time going nowhere and spends most of his time thinking about his former days of glory.
Through Michael Jordan’s athletic success on the court, he was able to make himself and his brand into a cultural icon, which had a great impact on the game of basketball, fashion, marketing, and the economy in America. Before Jordan took on the rest of society, he was focussed on the game of basketball. Jordan was the face of the NBA. He took the game to new heights through his game changing performances. Starting in college at the University of North Carolina, Jordan proved to everyone that he was going to be something spectacular in the NBA.
Do you like to read sports book then this is your book to read, filled with action and tons of problems and sports events. I am reading the book Full Court Press by Mike Lupica this book is about a group of boys that live in downtown Chicago. The boys that are on the basketball team are always trying to do their best during the games. Unfortunately the coach is kind of a grumpy old coach that doesn’t like how the team works together and wants things done his way, also he loves to swear at the kids there isn’t a point in the book where he’s not happy with what they have done. In this journal I will be predicting, connecting, and questioning to what’s going on in the story.
Kobe Bryant was born in 1978 in Philadelphia. His parents were Joe and Pamela Bryant. Joe Bryant was a former NBA player. Kobe had two older sisters. At the age of 6 Kobe’s family moved to Italy.
The world famous basketball brand has had many controversies throughout its years. The huge controversy of the creation of the first sneaker and violence over Air
Later in the “Be Like Mike” advertisement, Jordan is playing basketball with a bunch of kids to show that even though he has all of this fame, he will still just hang around and teach kids how to play. That ideal that Jordan has is something that each young adult wants to have. Along with playing this part of this commercial, the song, in a child’s voice, says “I wanna be like Mike.” This line, and the tone of voice shows that Jordan is the person who every young athlete wants to become. The second half of the commercial is based on how each child wants to have the same ideals as Jordan, or as Gatorade puts it, “Be Like Mike.”
There are a plethora of things inspired Kobe to have a long career in the NBA. One of the things that inspired him was how much he loved the sport. Kobe Bryant said, "It 's the enjoyment of the game and the love of it. Then it 's the low hanging fruit of responding to this challenge. I mean it 's right there, it 's very easy to get me going" ("Kobe Bryant Best Motivational Speech").