Being small is a blessing in disguise. As John Wooden once said, “It's not how big you are, it's how big you play” John won ten NCAA basketball championships in twelve years and is considered the best coach in NCAA basketball history. Because I am small and play sports, I have learned a very valuable lesson about hard work. I have never been tall or even average height. The average height is around 5’5” and I am 4’11” . I am at a bigger disadvantage in sports where the average height is 5’8”. This puts me at an extreme disadvantage. But out of this disadvantage I learned that if I work hard anything is possible. I learned my lesson in 3rd grade when I was still very small for my age. I tried out for the basketball travel team and …show more content…
But just like basketball I am super small and not the strongest. The main reason I made the team was because only about 8 kids tried out and we had to find kids to come play with us. I realized fast that baseball would be hard and challenging. I had to be either a lead off hitter or the last guy in the order because I couldn't hit the ball hard enough to be a power hitter. I also had to work harder in the field because I couldn't throw the ball nearly as far or hard as most kids. This was a big challenge for me that I had to overcome. So I started working, I also wanted to be a pitcher too, so I had to learn how to do that as well. I would throw on one day the next day would be hitting then the last day was pitching. Throwing, hitting, pitching, over and over again for the last month and half of summer. Then by the end of summer I had the skills necessary to compete with the larger kids my age and have a chance to play the positions I wanted in catcher and shortstop. This made me extremely happy, but our record did not. We only won 6 out of about 30 games. The next year we were better and we continued to improve as a team every year and we are now winning about 66% of our games. This has taught me that hard work by myself and as a team can greatly change how well we do with
This really showed my i had to change as a person with my work ethic and being a better teammate. From freshman year to senior year, i have changed in a very great way. I find myself staying after to help kids get looks from the coaches during open gyms and mentoring them because i was once in there shoes. I'll take the time to hit ground balls to them to show off their skills and hit fly balls to show how they can track a ball. But when we go inside and hit i'll be the only one in the cages throwing live to the guys that want a chance to hit. I am the type of person that will let others take the glory and shine because i know that i will get the satisfaction of seeing them grow into a better person as well from that. Being a part of a program that is all about he respect for one another has taught me some valuable life lessons. I wasn't much of the respect kind of person back when i started, in fact all i would do was care for myself and my own actions. But being my fourth year in the program it has taught me how to give respect and gain
Although bees may seem like small and insignificant creatures, they play a much greater role than people may think. Bees not only offer honey to the world but also provide venom which can treat some ailments such as joint pain. These are incredible attributes of the bee population, however, it is not the only thing that makes these magnificent creatures so imperative to the environment. Bees pollinate flowers, plants and other wild life which results in helping to grow many different fruits and vegetables. To think an insect so small, if eliminated, could impact civilization in such a destructive way is astonishing.
I felt completely alone and high school baseball was my opportunity to establish myself among my new peers confident from my previous experiences. I arrived at my new high school's baseball tryouts looking forward to success unbeknownst to me. I was hopeful too I'm prepared compared to the skills of the 60 dedicated Texas athletes enjoy his
This paper covers a planned safe-based surface mission sponsored by NASA to find and collect samples of water, discovered on Mars in recent years. Further details will be analyzed and discussed, such as the variety of uses such data will provide to mankind and the intricacies of the mission, such as sensors that will be used on the probe itself
Encumbered self is where a person is restricted by someone or something in which free actions or movement is restricted and difficult. . An example of an encumbered self would be of a person having a wedding based on traditions, religions, and ethnicity. Unencumbered self is where a person has no restrictions and they are free to choose their actions and movement is not restricted or difficult. An example of the unencumbered self would be the murder of Anthony Gonzalez which is similar to the kitty Genovese murder. In the case of Anthony he was shot multiple times in an alley where he lay dying and crying out for help. No one felt entitled to do anything to save it was not until a couple went to walk their dog six hours later. People who follow
Caving is where you can explore caves with special equipment and it is very safe. Some caves include waterfalls, tunnels, underground rivers, giant chambers, and all sorts of animals. Some caves have spiders, bats, bears, fish some times and other animals. For example, it is very important to have a source of light when exploring a dark cave. Cavers need to wear a well-fitted helmet with a headlamp. Back-ups for light sources, which can include extra batteries, flashlights, and glow sticks, are also important. Caves often get cold and can be very wet, so rugged, waterproof clothing, including sturdy hiking boots, is recommended. Other items to bring include enough food and water for the excursion, a small first aid kit, and a map of the cave. Some people prefer caving than hiking sometimes because they usually slip and fall in the
The mundane, by definition, is everything that deals with the matters of the daily life; examples include the work, family, wealth, war, peace, and state (Lecture 22/2017). The sacred is that deals with the spiritual experiences of the individual or group’s interaction with God. However, the messages of the God through the texts are not irrelevant to the mundane life, and bleed out to have an impact on the believer’s way of life; therefore, it is not easy to see where the line draws exactly. But, “All religions recognize and institutionalize a distinction between the sacred and the mundane (Lecture 2/22/2017)”: even though there are robust interactions between the religion and the state through political religion and religious politics, most
Exercise is an interesting topic. Too many people go with not enough or no exercise in their daily routine. Even though, many people know it’s good for you and that people should work out and exercise more often. But that may have to do with, people not knowing the full potential of working out and how it can help you much more in their everyday life. I think if more people knew about how it benefits someone’s strength, mood, anxiety, and overall health. It would change people’s opinions on exercising and working out.
Two years ago I decided that I was too small and weak to play baseball in college. So I decided that
Many people think that being poor is a bad thing. After all, they don’t have any money and have to eat scraps for dinner. In the United States, being poor isn’t that bad. What many people don’t know is that there are several programs out there to help out those in need. For example, there is Unemployment Insurance, Food Stamps, and WIC just to name a few. Government programs first came around when the great depression hit. The government was overwhelmed by families needing food, clothing, and shelter. Franklin Roosevelt “New Deal” was to provide work relief for the millions of unemployed Americans. Federal money was given to the state to pay for public work which employed people. In 1935, Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act which also established a national welfare system and unemployment insurance. Since then many other programs have developed and provided many people with the basic necessities of life. Just like David in David and Goliath, many do
I’ve always had a liking for deep and conceptual topics and conversation. Unfortunately, a majority of my friends have never actually had one of these conversations with me, but that just makes the ones I actually have more special and unique. For if I was to engage in these particular types of exchanges all the time, they would cease to be special and thus would become nothing but ordinary.
This became obvious in middle school when teams now had "cuts,” this is when if you are not good enough you will not make the team. I remember the summer of 2010 I was watching the NBA finals, and it is The Los Angeles Lakers Vs. The Boston Celtics and watching Paul pierce and Kobe go back to back at it made me fall in love with basketball. After watching that game, I went to the nearest basketball court and started shooting around, while imagining that I am Jordan. Ever since that day, I started spending hours and hours, day in and day out at the park play basketball. I really do not have anyone to teach me how to play I sorted taught myself. Once that summer was over, I waited for the school year to start, and I tried out for my school's basketball teams. This is the first time experience of being cut. It is a shock to me because I have never been cut before. This experience gives me a goal for next year, to make the eighth-grade team. To make sure that I made the team next year, I go to the gym and park every day after school and practice and I spent my whole entire summer practicing. Then the greatest thing happened, I hit my growth spurt. At the start of the summer I was 5’4 and by the end of the summer, I was 5’11 I grew a whole 7inches. I became taller than everyone in the school. When tryouts came, I became taller and better, and I have been able to show my coach my
Being small is not on the list of unspoken rules for what makes a man. If society stopped projecting these false ideas of masculinity, then most of the height bias seen would disappear because being tall would no longer be an indication of manhood. Short men are often emasculated in the media with actors like Kevin Hart. At 5’4”, he often is cast as a silly, obnoxious sidekick to men who are large, serious characters. His characters do not accomplish very much and when they do, it is often played out as a miracle that a man his size was able to achieve something.
When I was younger I used to play baseball. Most years we didn't do too good but one year we went undefeated and we made it to the championship. Once we heard who we were facing the coach wanted us to practice more. We were facings team from another school district that was undefeated. We practiced all week more and harder than usual.
Being different is okay?When someone is being different others think and judge because they want to be different from others, just like me i am different from my family because i want to do or try different things my parents never did or tried and didn't enjoy doing it.The things my parents introduced me to made me different from them because i am growing up with my peers and not with my family even though they are raising me.