Descriptive Essay - Heart of a Champion - In recreation centers all across America, young aspiring basketball players are trying desperately to "be like Mike." Michael Jordan

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Joey R. Garcia

English 1301

December 19, 2002

Assignment: Descriptive Essay

Heart of a Champion

          In recreation centers all across America, young aspiring basketball players

are trying desperately to "be like Mike." Michael Jordan is the greatest sports figure

of the National Basketball Association. Every boy, who plays basketball, dreams of

achieving the greatness of Jordan. He is considered the greatest player who ever stepped

onto a basketball court, Michael Jordan is the measuring stick for all basketball players,

and at this time no one has come close to equaling his greatness. From his incredible

hang time moves on his way to the basket; to near perfect shooting in critical games,

Jordan has left numerous NBA opponents in shock.

          Jaws drop and championship dreams are shattered largely as a result of the

amazing prime-time efforts of one Michael Jordan. What makes Jordan so great? Is it his

awesome jumping ability or the uncanny accuracy of his patented jump shot? As I

investigate his unbelievable moves, I am convinced that the success of Jordan comes, not

from his lean, muscular legs or his fantastic shooting skills, but from a passion buried

deep inside his heart. Jordan's greatness comes from an unequaled desire for success, a

relentless will that refuses failure, a commitment to excellence that is unparalleled, a

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belief that a player must do what it takes to win, and a mystique that often has his

opponents defeated before the referee tosses up the ball to begin a contest.

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