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Jimmy Butler Thesis Statement

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rowing up Jimmy butler experienced a lot of pain. His father left his mother and him at an early age. Once he was 13 he was kicked out by his mother and living on the streets with nothing but a dream to play basketball. He tried to play basketball in high school but kept getting denied, in college he played for Marquette and showed everybody he is worth it by being a visual learner and learning from his mistakes. He began to refer to himself as “Baby Mike” according to article (10 things you didn’t know about Jimmy Butler).Being in the National Basketball Association (NBA) you need to try to be the best at all times. You have to a work ethic, the type of mentality to keep going through it all, you have to have the skills to be great, and a good team player. Jimmy Butler’s ability to score in clutch moments, have great defense, and the team to back him up makes him the an All-Star player in the league. One of the things that make Butler an All-Star player is his ability to score in clutch moments. According to article “Jimmy Butler is the bulls …show more content…

According to article “5 Facts About Jimmy Butler” says that he won Most Improved Player and Defensive Player of the Year awards. With awards like that you would have to work hard everyday and have high confidence in yourself as well as the team. Butler says “Confidence is the key to success, focus on how great you want to be and push”. Great words to live by if i would say so myself. According to one of his teammates Dwayne Wade, “Jimmy is one of the hardest working people I know”. Being that he has two awards to prove it, clearly he’s working hard enough. On Jimmy’s path to greatness he plays his best at all times, he does not blame his teammates for when the team fails, he blames himself. He is a good team player according to his teammates and stats. Like him i feed off my teammates to make me a better

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