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Hopes and dreams are the thoughts of every young boys they range from the most
amazing dream girl to wanting be one of the few men who have stepped on the moon. Yet this child has cast aside all normal dreams so that he may reach his dream. The dream very few reach; the dream of playing college basketball. This boy, Andrew ortiz, has grown the persistence of many successful members in society. The persistence Andrew displays is something that defines him and his character. He does everything to to exced everyone's expectations.
To understand why baskeball has affected Andrew’s life so much we first must understand the history of the sport.Basketball was invented in 1891 by a European P.E. instructor for purpose of being less injury prone; the game rapidly grew into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. One in 30, or approximately 3.3 percent, of high school senior boys playing interscholastic
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basketball will go on to play men's basketball at a NCAA member institution because basketball has become part of American culture(site.) Being such an important part of American culture Andrew’s father put him in basketball which started his character. His persistence developed from when he was just three years old as he started playing basketball in the league of Gus and Goldy practicing three times a week.
Jesus Ortiz , Andrew's father, commented “ I wanted him to start playing to keep him out of trouble and now I realize not only did it keep him out of trouble, I actually believe it actually made him a better man.”Andrew persistence was then rewarded as he got recruited into Ysleta independent school district and began playing for the Tierra del sol sun dancers as point guard at age eight. At the time he was amazing for his age and stopped pushing himself as before and it was fine until he transferred to the Desert view stallions. Here his persistence was disrupted as the school system began changing and he began receiving the teenage disease of becoming a sloth. It wasn’t until eighth grade when question about him not making the basketball team arises. Julian Ortiz commented on the situation, “ My brother has always gave his all for basket, but lately i have seen him stuck to his phone and playing video games until two or three in the
morning.” His parents confronted Andrew about what was happening and he responded like another other child with agitated response, but a week later he took responsibility for his mistake of slacking off and he began working towards bettering himself; he barely made the team that year. The following year Andrew went to play for J.M Hanks knights he was no longer exceptional as before so he struggled keeping his spot as first string point guard. he worked very hard to improve attending a camp at Saint Mary’s university in San Antonio. Although he improved greatly his hard work was short lived, as sophomore year came andrew received an injury during the first game of the season, which held him out for the rest of the season.That season he was meant to play starting junior varsity point guard and what he thought would be the start of something great turned into a dream killing year.The following year andrew started off on the wrong mind set a rather pessimistic one as he had received the news his father had cancer. the man who had raised andrew in the sport and in life was now dying. Andrew was not prepared to lose his father the news startled him and he began losing sight of his future as his focused on his father. Andrew tried seeking council from his great friends Fabian Villages and Sergio Garibay, but Fabian never responded to andrew and Sergio was away in a different city and would rarely pick up his phone. Andrew began feeling alone as his mother was in depression and his brother stayed away from home as he could not bear seeing his father in such a ill condition. Andrew faced the situation alone because he would not tell others as he refused the idea of others showing him pity. Andrew even went through a dark time where he resorted to smoking electronic cigarettes to remove the sadness from his heart, but that didn't really help.. Shortly after the first time he stopped smoking. Althought his goals began seeming more like dreams, that didn't diminish Andrew’s hope. Instead of deteriorating his hope it actually boosted his morale to become even stronger and better than last year to be able to make his father proud before it was to late, which lead him to San Antonio, Texas. In San Antonio, Andrew trained with his aunt, uncle, and his cousin who currently is playing college basketball at John Brown University in Arkansas. His cousin commented , “ when andrew arrived I told him he was naturally really good and the little professional training he had received had given him the ability to hone his natural raw talent that God had given him, but it was far from being ready to reach the next level of basketball.” Julian, Andrew’s cousin , took andrew to the gym everyday increasing the max weight andrew was able to lift from twenty five to fifty in curls and from a one hundred ten bench press to a stunning one hundred and eighty five pounds. he also began training andrews agility and jumping height to be able to move around the court and have an explosive jump when needed.The following attribute Julian taught andrew was ball control and have a knowledge of where his teammates are at at all moments in the game. Julian taught Andrew everything he possibly could and told Andrew at the end when he was about to return, “Andrew I have taught what I can but it will not be enough to get you to college you have to put in a lot of hard work own your own the training does not have to stop when you return. If you want to make your parents proud this is the year to do it because you never if you will be able to do it the following year so do it now or you might regret it forever,” These words touched Andrew’s heart and he remembers everything about the moment those words were said.When andrew returned home after being gone the whole summer his dad no longer had the tumer and was declared free of cancer, but another tragedy came into his life his brothers left lung had collapsed. His older brother had to be hospitalized , but this time andrew handled it well as he was hoping for the best, but was prepared for the worse. Andrew did not fall into sadness unlike the time with his fathers and not because it was less severe but because he has grown and learned that life and death are all part of the living world. Senior year has arrived for andrew and he has not stopped attending the gym and continues to strive forward in all aspects of his persona. he has become responsible as he strives to maintain an above average academic score. He has persisted in training as he attends the gym at four in the morning and practices his shooting right after. returns home and works on his agility and dribbling. he shows his ability to endure hardships as he has faced the close death of two very close family members.He has also shown the potential to change from smoking from Electronic cigarettes to not smoking anymore. While yes Andrew has made mistakes in the past and he is not obligated to learn from them, Andrew has to much to risk to not learn from them. He risks losing the respect of his father,the trust of his mother, and loses his dream to past everyone's expectations.Andrew’s willingness to change is uncertain as we do not dictate his actions that will steer the course of his life and even though he has been through a rough high school career he still must strive to surpass his dreams and in order he must follow the motto of a famous speaker, “it is not about how hard you can hit, but about how hard you can get hit and get back up.”
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