Basketball Dreams

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to work hard, and all the hard work would eventually pay off. He always drove me to watch the older kids play. He also encouraged to play with them so I could get tougher and better. I was very intimidated by the older kids, but he always encouraged me to keep on going and to never give up. The biggest lesson I learned from him was if I lost the game to keep my head held up high because I knew that I gave it everything I had and that next time I would be better.
When I got to middle school. My skills had improved dramatically. I began ti see a direct connection between hard work and success. That is when my grandfather said. There is no greater feeling then winning a district championship. I knew then that this was his way of setting his goal for me. I never really thought much about it I just put in the back of my mind.
In the eighth grade my grandfather became very ill. He was in and out of the hospital after being diagnosed with cancer. Even though he was ill, he ...

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