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“I've been on the air and broadcasting, but I had no idea what to say. How to respond to this meeting-there's gratitude, there's sorrow, every emotion you could think of (Quotes, 2016).” This quote was stated by legendary broadcaster Pat Summerall who spend over 50 years covering the NFL with three news networks and was known for covering golf as well. Summerall was notably one of the first NFL players to make the transitions from the field to the commentary both within the first few years of the

Pat Summitt. That name for some people means nothing. But to hundreds of others, it means everything. She was the main reason why women’s basketball became so competitive and why people started to watch it. Pat Summitt was never a loser and her tremendous win to loss ratio proves it. In the four decades that Summitt was part of the University of Tennessee she had a 1098-208 record. Famous women’s college basketball coach, Pat Summitt, victories and losses always contained courage, determination,

The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy is a compelling narrative in which an ordinary southern South Carolina family, the Wingos, experience extraordinary circumstances deeply rooted in the canticles of childhood affliction. It is a narrative of survival; survival of familial bonds, mortality, and unaffected love when the Wingo parents, Lila and Henry Wingo, thoughtlessly wreak havoc on the fragile lives of their children: Tom, Luke, and Savannah Wingo. It is a story of sand dollars, marsh tides, shrimp

Pat Conroy’s memoir, “The Water is Wide,” is about his life on Daufuskie Island, also known as Yamacraw Island in the book. Conroy spent a year teaching on the island in a little two room schoolhouse. The Yamacrawans were rural African-American people that by leaving on the island had basically no knowledge of anything beyond the island. Conroy tells of all the troubles he faced while teaching on the island and all the struggles he faced with outside forces. Conroy uses the setting, the title of

Pat Conroy's "The Lords Of Discipline" Conroy displays his life through his novel, The Lords of Discipline, to give readers a visual demonstration of how life connections can transform the entity of a novel. Conroy's attendance to the Citadel, his family, and the South helped influence his innovative writing style. "A lifetime in a Southern family negated any possibility that he [Will/Conroy] could resign from the school under any

The professional football player and soldier, Pat Tillman, was born on November 6, 1976, in Fremont, California. As Tillman was attending Leland High School, he was very talented in football, and led his team to a Central Coast Division I Football Championship. After high school, Tillman moved on to playing at Arizona State University to win many awards, and get an undefeated season. Following his college career, Tillman was drafted to the Arizona Cardinals. Tillman remained selfless, determined

In The Lords of Discipline, Pat Conroy develops a complex personality in the character of “Tradd St. Croix.” (Conroy 22) Tradd is a character overwhelmed by insecurities and through a variety of reasons, is made to stay quiet about them. These insecurities and the restraint from expressing his true feelings are what the artist’s representation of Tradd presents to us, through a variety of visuals, which show the artist’s opinion of Tradd’s innocence in the situation. What first strikes the viewer

In The Lords of Discipline, Pat Conroy accurately shows how the misuse of power and idealistic beliefs of acceptance can be catastrophic and even deadly. “My entrance to this marsh-haunted city is always filled with troubled meditations on both my education and my solitude during a four- year residence at the Institute. The city of Charleston, in the green feathery modesty of its palms, in the certitude of its style, in the economy and stringency of its lines, and the serenity of its mansions South

“Somewhere inside, we hear a voice. It leads us in the direction of the person we wish to become. But it is up to us whether or not we follow.”-Pat Tillman. Pat Tillman once said this, and from looking at his life, you can see that he followed that voice. Tillman was born in San Jose, California on November 6, 1976 to Mary and Patrick Tillman. He attended Leland High School where he excelled at football. He went on to play at Arizona State University, where they took notice of his incredible

Think about what it would be like to have no resources left and be on the verge of dying. In Pat Frank’s, Alas Babylon this question is asked over and over. One never truly knows when one is going to have to prepare for the worst, but in this book the main character gets a hint that it is coming before it actually comes. Randy Bragg is a fortunate man, he has never had to struggle for what he wants, causing him to drink and be a carefree person, but this changed with one telegram. Randy is a person