Yan Guo Luan
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I like movies, music, science fiction and art. I am a certified graphic designer and create my own art. Things that inspire me include equality, respect and anything weird.
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What are some of the lesser known stories of nba players?
Lebron James was born in a house on Walnut Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His mother, Gloria James, who was 16 at the time, has never revealed his biological father. After James was born, he lived with his mother at her grandmother's house. It was in my grandmother's old rented house on Hickory Street in Arken, Ohio, in the ghetto. They often can't pay their rent. On Christmas morning when James was three years old, Gloria and her boyfriend Eddie bought lebron a basketball set. That night, LeBlanc's grandmother Freda, 42, died of a heart attack. James moved 12 times between the ages of 5 and 8. It wasn't until 1995 that Ms. Glia finally rented a two-bedroom house in Spring Hill Apartments. When he was nine years old, LeBlanc used to hang out on the youth team of a football team in South Akan. He made an impression on coach Walker: "This kid had never played an organized game and didn't know anything about the rules, but once he said it, he understood right away that I had never seen a kid as smart as him." Lebron stayed on to play for the team. Three years later, lebron injured his left hand in a game. James later said he played football because he was poor, to get out of poverty. Lebron already loved basketball. During a home visit, Walker finds LeBlanc wandering with his mother, and Walker convinces Glia to take LeBlanc to his house. "I love Frank [Walker] and I wouldn't be where I am today without them," James said.
By Yan Guo Luanabout a year ago in Psyche
What are some of the lesser known inspirational stories of nba players (5)?
Wade grew up in a terrible home, and even in the black world, where the overall standard of living is modest, the standard of living of Wade's childhood can only be described as deplorable. His parents divorced when Wade was a child, his mother was addicted to drugs and often ran away from home to avoid the police, and they often saw each other less than once a year, according to the book "Father First: Wade's Own Account." His father was often unemployed and drank heavily because he was struggling to make ends meet. So Wade grew up like an orphan. In this case, the Theowans adopted Wade, put him through school, and later married their daughter. Wade didn't appear to be a superstar in high school or even at Marquette University, so life for the couple was extremely difficult, with Wade admitting after the 2003 draft that he couldn't afford milk powder or diapers for his baby. As Wade became one of the NBA's biggest stars, the rift between the couple began to fray. Theo Vaughan suspects Wade is seeing another woman, and Wade thinks his wife is too nosy. In "Father First: Wade's Own Account," Wade repeatedly said that a large part of the reason for his falling out with his wife was that she was paranoid about someone else and that he believed she was embezzling money from his accounts. In the summer of 2007, she filed for divorce from Wade, citing in part the fact that he was sleeping around and giving her sexually transmitted diseases. The remark shocked the nation, because until then Wade had been regarded as a "model husband" by the media. Since then, one of Wade's business partners has also sued Wade, claiming that Wade borrowed a vacant mansion from him, but that Wade often held sex parties at the mansion. The turmoil in Wade's personal life was corroborated by a lawsuit from a business partner who found slimy condoms all over the floor during one of his visits. After years of court battles, Wade and Theo Vaughan finally divorced and Wade won custody of their sons. Theo Vaughan protested Wade's alimony by living on the streets in her native Chicago. Love me or hate me, it's one or the other, Dwyane Wade once said. All the time. Some people hate my game, my swagger; Hate my fadeaway shot, my desire to win; Hate that I'm a veteran, hate that I won a championship. Hate it, hate it with all your heart. However, there are many people who love me deeply, but for the same reason as those who hate me.
By Yan Guo Luanabout a year ago in Proof
What are some of the lesser known stories of nba players (4)?
Stoudemire was born on Nov. 16, 1982, and has a brother, Hazel Jr., who is eight years his senior. Mother Maria, father Hazel. Stoudemire later had a half-brother, Marwan. Their home in Lake Wells, Florida, was an hour's drive from Disneyland, but it was a long way from anywhere else. As a young woman, Maria went with her family to the orangery to pick oranges and sell them in New York. But Maria also had bad behavior, including multiple arrests for theft. Out of curiosity at first, he became a thief for a living. The situation did not improve until she got married. Stoudemire's parents divorced when he was young, and he alternated between living with his mother and father. Maria remarried in 1990 and soon had Marwan. Stoudemire's father was a towering figure, which was passed down directly to the boys, and the elder Hartzell, who was athletic and coached junior football, directly influenced them. The older brother, Hazel Jr., was a basketball and football star in high school and was nicknamed "Shaq." Stoudemire's first passion was football, and his dream was to become a receiver in Florida or Miami and then an NFL star. By the time Stoudemire was in sixth grade, he could dunk backhand. Stoudemire's hero was Shaquille O 'Neal, who lived just a few miles from the Magic team O 'Neal played for at the time. When Stoudemire was 12, his father went into the trucking business and things started to pick up. But it didn't last long. Old Hazel died suddenly of a heart attack that ran in his family. With no choice but to raise the Stoudemire brothers, Maria went back to her old business, which led to frequent jail time. The younger Hartzell became a street gang, while Stoudemire and Marwan were often homeless and spent much of their time sleeping in police officer Bernie Hayes' box. Hayes took care of them and suggested that Stoudemire give up football and specialize in basketball. The mother, Maria, is out on bail and cannot leave Florida. But she went to New York to see her son selected. Back in Florida, she was arrested immediately and spent four months in jail
By Yan Guo Luanabout a year ago in Proof
What are some of the lesser known inspirational stories of nba players (2)?
Ann Iverson, 15, was selected for the Mission High School girls' basketball team in 1975, but was accidentally told during a routine physical that she was pregnant. On June 7, Ann Iverson gave birth to Allen Ezell Iverson. Soon after Iverson was born, Ann took him back to Hartford to meet his father, but found that Bruton's violent, drug-filled environment was not conducive to his development, and Iverson and his mother left Bruton at age 3. Soon Ann met a new boyfriend, Michael Freeman, with whom she moved into a cheap house in Steward Gardens. The apartment was on the far east side of a small Virginia town called Newster, but it was even more hostile than Hartford, with drug deals and gunfights in broad daylight. Although Ann worked around the world to keep herself alive, the Iverson family's home was miserable. There was no electricity, no water, no food. The sewer pipes were constantly broken, flooding the house, and the two sisters wore overshoes all day. In 1978, Ann received a $3,818 settlement from the hospital to her mother, and later, Ann and Freeman had two more daughters, Brandi, born in 1979, and Liza, born in 1991. (Liza's illness was the reason Iverson decided to join the NBA in 1996.) In 1984, Allen. Iverson's mother, Allah, took him to the basketball court to practice. Iverson did not like basketball, but he saw football players playing basketball in the basketball court, and Iverson began to love basketball. [3] In 1988, Allen. Allen Iverson's adoptive father, Freeman, was fired after a car accident. He really wanted to support his family, but he was in and out of prison too often. In 1991, Freeman was caught with a drug overdose and sentenced to 22 months in prison, with another 23 months added for violating his parole. In 1990, Iverson entered Bayser High School and became the absolute core of the school's football and basketball teams, but that year Iverson's best friend Clark, who often encouraged and cared for Iverson, was murdered by his girlfriend. [2] In the summer of 1991, Iverson led the varsity football team to the semifinals of the U.S. Under-17 league. In 1992, Iverson led the school football team to a state championship, was named the Most Valuable Player of the Virginia Class AAA football tournament and made the All-NBA team. Three days later, Iverson was back on the court, scoring 37 points in his first high school game. 1992-93: He averaged 31.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and 9.2 assists per game. In 1993, Iverson led the Holy Land High School football team to the Virginia High School championship as quarterback, and he also led the high school basketball team to the same honor. On February 14 of that year, Iverson and three friends got into an argument with a group of white teenagers at the Beltwire bowling Alley, which quickly escalated into a fight involving more than 50 people. More than 20 people were seriously injured in the fight. The district court's verdict was swift: All four were sentenced to 15 years in prison, and Iverson was sentenced to five years for leading the trouble. In December 1993, after a tireless Supreme Court victory with the help of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Iverson served only four months in prison before being released on parole. Iverson graduated from Holy Land High School in 1994, Iverson attended the Nike training camp to win the MVP. Because Iverson's prison reputation left him with little room to choose a college out of high school, many elite schools didn't consider him. Iverson's mother, Anne, approached Georgetown coach John Thompson asking him to give Iverson a chance, and he agreed to let her join the Georgetown basketball team.
By Yan Guo Luanabout a year ago in Proof
What are some of the lesser known inspirational stories of nba players (3)?
Gilbert Arenas was born to a teenage girl who was not ready to be a mother. Although she tried to raise him on her own, she hung out with her friends and ended up in police custody. Authorities quickly realized the lack of care for the young Arenas, so they decided to place him in a local foster home, but only after obtaining the consent of the father, who has the right. Arenas' biological father, who was also an older boy, was working in an auto parts store at the time, and the authorities gave him only a rough description of what they were going to do for Arenas, but his father recalled his childhood, when he was raised by his mother, and remembered the lack of a father. So he decided to do the right thing -- raise his two-year-old son alone. Arenas was a star baseball player at Memorial High School in Florida. After attending the University of Miami, where he was drafted to the all-American football team, a serious leg injury forced an early end to his playing career. There was no way out. Arenas' father became an actor by virtue of his good looks and physique. After becoming a small celebrity in the area, Arenas decided to take his son to Los Angeles for a bigger career, and the two packed their belongings into a car and headed west. When they arrived in Hollywood, they found that the rules were different from Miami, where landlords required a $1,000 deposit, but his father couldn't come up with it, so they spent three nights in their car before finally applying for a shelter at the YMCA. For Arenas' father, his next priority was to find a steady job. My father approached the manager of a local furniture store, who didn't want to hire him, but the basketball-obsessed manager finally relented when he saw the seven-year-old Arenas dribbling down and down the road at the side of the car, and he got the job because of his son's casual talent show. After quitting his job at the furniture store, Arenas' father joined a delivery company, and his nights were spent auditioning for TV shows. Arenas hired an agent to find auditions for him, and his hard work paid off. Perhaps because of his father's limited discipline energy and his own inability to channel it, the playful Arenas quickly became a "demon" in the neighborhood, often playing pranks. At the age of 11, Arenas finally made basketball his number one interest. When his father went out to work at night, he would play ball all night. He soon became a regular at the local courts. As a pastime, my father became the coach of a local amateur team where most of the kids were older than Arenas, so Arenas spent most of his time on the bench, but my father explained that it was all about winning, not getting his son playing time. Arenas quit that team in a fit of pique and joined another, where he later scored 15 points against his father's team. In 2002, Arenas' mother tried to recognize him, but Arenas only politely kissed her on the cheek.
By Yan Guo Luanabout a year ago in Psyche
What are some of the NBA's most inspirational stories about fat men coming back?
The Raptors met the Bulls. The Bulls won, but the Raptors didn't lose. Center Chris Boucher hit 14 of 24 from the field, 3 of 7 from 3-point range and 7 of 8 from the free throw line in 36 minutes and scored 38 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as Lavon Vuchmarkanen stopped him.
By Yan Guo Luanabout a year ago in Proof
Believe in yourself
There are a total of 30 teams in the NBA, each team can not rotate more than 15 players, which means that only 450 players are eligible to play in the NBA each year, so even a player on the edge of the bench, his own strength is not to be underestimated, injuries are the biggest obstacle to a player's career. There are many players who have to end their careers early because of injuries, but there are also players who persist in returning to the court after major injuries and continue to pursue their dreams. Here we take a look at the inspirational stories of players in the league.
By Yan Guo Luanabout a year ago in Unbalanced
Look at life little by little
Someone asked, if life can refresh, copy, paste. So everything can be logged out, shut down, and restart. Time is slipping under your fingernails, and I'm curious to know, what else do you have left? Wandering around doing nothing? A mediocre man who achieves nothing? I know. None of this is what you wanted. Success requires a determination to break the cocoon, a belief that never gives up, and the courage to keep striving.
By Yan Guo Luanabout a year ago in Psyche
The Prescription for Life
The wonderful life of a rural postman A French rural postman named Chevalle one day tripped over a stone on a rough mountain road. The stone looked very strange, and it occurred to him how charming it would be to build a castle out of such a beautiful stone. So he was a postman and a stone-carrying coolie by day, and an architect by night, and he built his castle according to his own wild ideas. For more than twenty years, he kept searching for stones, transporting them, and piling them up. In his remote residence, there appeared many well-arranged castles, like a fairytale world. Even the most famous Picasso of the time paid a special visit to the buildings of Schervalle. Today, the castle is one of the most famous tourist attractions in France. It is called the Ideal Palace of the Postman Chevalle.
By Yan Guo Luanabout a year ago in Psyche