Reflection For True Grit

The book, “Training Camp” by Jon Gordon is an inspirational story filled with invaluable lessons and insights on bringing out the best in yourself and your team. The story follows a little boy named Martin Jones who was a undrafted rookie trying to make it into the NFL.. He spent his whole life proving many critics that a guy with a big heart but is small can succeed against all the odds.After Martin sprained his ankle during preseason, he thought that he lost his dream., but then he meets a very special coach. The coach was a great mentor, he shared eleven lessons about life that kept his dream alive. This help him a lot and even made him to be one of the best of the best.

Tim Green, the author of “Football Hero,” has had a life full of playing the sport he loved, football. Because of a great high school career, he was able to play as defensive line at Syracuse University. With this in mind, he was able to put the lessons learned while playing a sport into his books. With his experience, in books he gives interesting background about the game and what it takes to be a “football hero”.

Sports are a large part of America’s culture as well as Odessa’s. In Friday Night Lights, the players spend their entire lives training to be successful because sports are all they have to look forward to. During the final game of the season to make it to state, Ronnie Beavers told his team, “This is the last minute of your life” (326). Beavers quote shows the importance of the moment. If Permian does not win the game, they have nothing to look forward to in their future. This semi-final game is “much more than a game” for Permian. What Beaver is saying is ridiculous, the Permian players act like Football will determine their future. By following the players and the town, Bissinger is able to show readers how important sports are in Odessa. Bissinger notes how it was “obvious” that the students of Permian hold the town on their shoulders (XIV). By following the story of the American small town, including many personal anecdotes, Bissinger shows the effect that sports have in Odessa. Friday Night Lights supports Lapham’s claim that games represent much more than a game. It is not merely a game but a way of life. Permian players eat, breathe, and live football. Their lives are centralized around one thing: Football. Bissinger describes the town when he states, “If you went to their homes, you might find black toilet seats, or black seat cushions, or black phone book covers, or black paper plates, or black clocks, or black felt on their pool tables” (39). Bissinger throughout the book displays how the town revolves around sports. Everything that Odessa does is centered around the football team. The players train everyday to work to improving their record and that is all that matters to

The weather seemed to be against the efforts of the football players. The lack of things to sustain them while in the field made the situation even more difficult. The football players at Logos College practiced under the hot sun with the guidance of their coach Emmett Creed. They performed all the drills as expected and none of them gave excuses for anything; they wanted to give their best results. The determination portrayed by the players is symbolic of that represented by the working class in the society who give their best at their places of work to get good results.

The novel brings up the idea of greatness, what it is, and what it costs. Coach Rake conditions his players and the town to crave glory in football. He himself is described as a great man because he can make others great. He does this by taking the raw talent of his players and shaping it. Even though “talent came in cycles” (Wednesday, p. 76) with the best players and teams coming in streaks, “Rake’s greatness, however, was winning with players who were small and slow” (Wednesday, p. 76). He works the ones without talent even harder. Therefore, greatness consists in overcoming obstacles and boundaries: “He worked us like dogs and wanted every one of us to be great,” says Paul Curry (Tuesday, p. 51).

Adversity determines one's potential capabilities, strengthens personal values, and gives us a feeling of self worth. When Drew got injured he gave up on what he thought he loved but turning towards faith cause him to get back up and pursue his dreams. After sitting on the bench and Drew thinking he was destined to remain on the bench , he finally got the chance start as a quarterback when the circumstances and injuries removed the other quarterbacks. Thinking he was on top of the world, it all crashed when he got his own serious injury a separated shoulder and that forced Drew to stop playing sports. Drew who had lost all faith in football and athletics this had been a turning point in his life he started to questions life and what is his purpose since his injury it gave him a thoughtful consideration to the minister’s sermon one Sunday morning.

Hey you guys and girls, today we will be discussing the things that I love to talk about the most, the game of football its history. Throughout this essay we will be hitting on the following topics: three fun facts about football; who deserved the game of football and how; who was the first four players to diversify the game of football; Who were the first colleges to pick up the game of football; a visual and results of survey in with I conducted by asking mi classmates five random questions about the game of football; and finally what makes the game better and/ or worse than it is today.

“Grit: The power of passion and perseverance” by Angela Lee and “Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores” by San Klan both strongly talks about success in education. Angela Lee Duckworth went back to grad school to complete her Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is now an assistant professor. There she studies concepts such as grit and self-control. She strives to determine how grit and self-control might predict success in academic and professional rather than IQ or family income. Her research subjects include students, West Point cadets, and corporate salespeople. She also used to be a math teacher in public schools in San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York. Salman "Sal" Khan is the founder and chief executive

Football is a sport where you find who you are on the inside; it is more than just a sport it is a battle of trust and self-defiance with others and yourself. You push yourself to your very wits, while finding the strength to lift your teammates, knowing that you are only as strong as your weakest link. You struggle to build a trusting relationship with your teammates, yet this relationship grows and before you know it they become your brothers, and a family forms. Through the struggles I realize we may fall, but we still rise to face another week, because you are built a fighter and you are fighting for something bigger than yourself. I start to realize that football and life go hand in hand; and the hardships we face in football come in

In Wes Moore’s, The Work, an inspirational journey is told influencing society to discover their path to purpose by not only living a prosperous life, but how to live a meaningful one. In addition to sharing his profound measures taken through risk-taking, courage and service as a way to learn his life’s worth, Moore shares the story of family members and entrepreneurs acts of humanitarianism that contributed to this as well. Leaving his mark on the world, Moore successfully delivers a moral lesson: mankind is inevitably intertwined and weaving valuable teachings from all walks of life creates an individual’s path to triumph. Nonetheless, living a life of meaning involves existing for more than oneself, creating freedom to pursue happiness, success and truly live. Prior to reading The Work, I read Moore’s first book, The Other Wes Moore, of in which I consider an intriguing follow up of the first. In addition to attending Dr. Skye Paine’s lecture on one of the key concepts of The Work, passion, meeting and conversing with Moore at the diversity conference simply solidified and confirmed my ideologies of him. His humbly vibrant, inquisitive and welcoming character made both his story and persona open, illuminating and pertinent. In reading The Work, and agreeing with his creeds I did not gain a new understanding, but reassurance of my understanding.

Coach was once a professional NFL player. In the past 2 years, he led the school football team to the championship, and they were undefeated. I thought to myself that I need to memorize the team plays, so I can be better. Everything depends on me because I’m the quarterback. Quarterbacks are like the mind of the team. Quarterbacks decides which play should the team use. Without a real quarterback, the team will fall apart. So, I memorized the plays within 2 days. After that, I became a good quarterback and we won all of our games. Then, we graduated middle school and we went to high school. We continued playing football. Our team won all games, but Mike was injured and he can’t play half of the game. When we graduated high school, we all split apart. We went to different college, but we still play football. Our new teams fought each other. I lost once to them, but I won twice to them. Then few years later, when we graduated, we tryout for pro football the NFL. We all passed and guess what, we were on the same team. We worked hard and play hard and we went to playoffs. Then we went to superbowl and we won the game. The MVP of the year and the MVP of the super bowl game

​Hello Nicholas! I liked your essay because you picked a great industry leader and were able to show many ways he persevered in order to succeed in his career. If you continue to learn from the obstacles Mark has overcome, you should do very well in your professional sports career.

The overall purpose of developing my writing abilities through a different approach other than the typical historical novel context exists as fascinating, despite my lack of sports knowledge. I believe the ability to articulate yourself exists as paramount. In today’s society, sports serve as a huge culture, therefore conversations addressing sports will occur frequently. The idea that entertainers, sports players, earn such a large amount of money astonishes me. I understand the risk they take by playing and that they deserve to receive compensation for the work, but the basis on what they receive compensation for exists as flawed. On the other hand, athletes act as role model. Students who do not excel in school strive to achieve that of

In The Work: Searching for a Life That Matters, Wes Moore shares his inspirational journey in discovering his path to purpose by not only living a prosperous life, but a meaningful one. In addition to sharing the profound measures taken to learn his life’s worth through valor and service, Moore shares acts of humanitarianism taken by family members and entrepreneurs, contributing to his success. Leaving his mark on society, Moore effectively delivers a moral lesson: mankind is inevitably intertwined and uniting valuable teachings from all walks of life creates an individual’s path to triumph. Nonetheless, living a life of meaning involves existing for more than yourself, creating the freedom to pursue happiness, success and truly live. Prior to reading The Work, I read Moore’s first book, The Other Wes Moore, of in which I consider an intriguing follow up of the first. Moreover, both Dr. Skye Paine lecture introducing passion as one of the key concepts of the book, meeting and shortly conversing with Moore at the diversity conference simply solidified and confirmed my ideologies of him and his message. His humbly vibrant, inquisitive and welcoming character made both his story and persona open, illuminating and pertinent. In reading The Work, I agreed with his creeds and did not gain a new understanding, but the reassurance of my understanding.

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