By: Hayden O’Hare
LeBron James LeBron James is my role model because he is the best basketball player of all time and he is the reason basketball is my favorite sport and why I practice every day and want to get better. LeBron James was born on December 30, 1984 in Akron Ohio. LeBron James went to high school at St. Vincent-St. Mary. After high school LeBron James made one of the best decisions of his basketball career to skip college and go straight to the NBA draft. He was drafted to the NBA in 2003 with the first pick in the NBA draft to the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron James played on the Cavaliers from 2003 to 2009 and then went to the Miami Heat. He played on the Miami Heat from 2010 to 2013 after playing for them he returned to the
Kevin Wayne Durant is a professional American basketball player, and an amazing athlete for the Golden State Warriors. Durant was born on September 29, 1988 in Suitland, Maryland. He grew up as one of the four children in his family, along with his mom and dad. As a young basketball player, he played for multiple different Christian teams/leagues. After high school, he only played one year of college basketball at University of Texas at Austin, before heading straight into the NBA as a star player for the Seattle SuperSonics. Kevin Durant is a role model in athletics through his actions as a professional basketball player, a leader, and his charity work.
Lebron James is 31 years old and has a big family. He has a mother, grandmother, two uncles, wife, daughter and two sons. Their names are: Savannah Brinson (wife), Bryce Maximum James (son), Lebron James Jr (son), Zhori James (daughter), Gloria Marie James (mother), Curt James (uncle), Terry James (uncle), and Freda James (grandmother). He lived in three places: Miami, Florida, Akron, Ohio, and Cleveland, Ohio. Lebron James got inspiration from a football coach when he was nine years old. He went to school at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School where he played
My topic is about the full impact LeBron James has had on the NBA and society. He is known as a modern-athlete activist, he has never been shy to express his thoughts on social issues outside and inside of the NBA. LeBron James has played such a major role in the Black Lives Matter movement. For example, in the opening of the 2016 ESPYs, LeBron mentioned all the recent police shootings that have been occurring, and expresses his feelings on how he wants change. My topic will also talk about the impact he’s had on the economy, not only the impact inside of the NBA but thing’s he’s done outside of the league. Overall, I’ll explain the overall impact that he’s had on the world, and how much of an influence he has been in the African American community.
Most people have a role model. Who is your role model and why do you choose him or her. Odell Beckham Jr. is my role model. He plays football for the New York Giants in the NFL, he is one of the best receivers I know of. Odell is an entertaining, amazing, unique receiver
Michael Jeffery Jordan, also known by his initials, MJ, was born on February 17th of 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. While he was still young, he and his family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina. Ever since Jordan was young, he had a love for sports.
By the age of fourteen, I wanted to become a hairdresser. Although I always wanted to become a hairdresser, I knew that I wanted to help make a difference within others life, by giving them a voice and having a person to talk to. Due to my upbringing, I never had a voice and was silence in more than one ways. I have found myself feeling alone and unable to express how I felt. Realizing how much my childhood had impacted me I made sure to always find ways to help others and with this it provided me the opportunity to go after my dream of becoming a therapist.
Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. Jordan's family moved to moved to Wilmington, North Carolina while he was young along with his three siblings. He attended Ogden Elementary School, and
Windshield surveys are the motorized equivalent of simple observation. They involve the generation of data that helps to define the community, the trends, stability, and changes that all serve to define the health of the community (Stanhope, 2012, p. 409-410). I choose to use the Pilgrim Park neighborhood for my windshield Survey which I conducted on November 1st, 2017 around 11 o 'clock am.
On the movie Groundhog Day, it shows a character who thinks he is better than anybody else that he is stuck on the same day, so he can discover himself that being that type of person can be change. In the movie a self-consumed TV weatherman, Phil goes to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to report a groundhog living there. His new producer Rita and long-time cameraman Larry join him. Phil spends the night in Punxsutawney, where he does not want to go and does not want to stay in a cheap hotel to sleep in. Phil need to do a broadcast the next day about the annual ritual of the Groundhog Day which celebrated the day when a groundhog wakes up and sees its shadow, it means winter is over. From the very beginning, Phil hates everything, he hates the
LeBron James was born December 30, 1984 in a poor neighborhood in Akron, Ohio (Smithwick 6). His mother gave birth to him when she was 16 and still in high school (Smithwick 6). All this goes back to how he was born in a
Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, and when he was still a toddler, his parents moved to Wilmington, North Carolina.
A role model is a person whose behavior, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially younger people. Professional athletes
Yelling “KOBE” while throwing a crumpled paper ball into the trashcan is something every sports fan in the world have done at one point of their life. After winning five time NBA championships, voted two time NBA Final MVP, two time scoring champion, his accomplishments speaks for his greatness, and that is Kobe Bryant. Bryant is now a retired professional basketball player who played in Los Angeles Lakers for 20 years. Throughout his remarkable career, Bryant developed a heroic figure as he pursued Michael Jordan’s footsteps and overcoming him toward the end of his career. He is considered a hero because he has the trait of being determined, fearless, and inspirational.
Central Idea: LeBron James is the best basketball player by his scoring ability, his athleticism, and his world-class defense.
From the moment babies are able to walk they are influenced by older people in the world. Kids look up to people because there hair, sport ablitity,clothes,people skills. Having a good postive role model in children and young adults to being a parent. Stephen curry is my role model because he is a outstanding althlete , an sublime teammate, and is a high awarded basketball player.