I live with three other people. My mom, Mom, my sister, Crystal, and my nephew, Tony. We all have at least one job, except for Tony. He is still too young to work for anyone. My family means a lot to me when they don't piss me off. I love to sit and watch movies up stairs with my sister, or go run around my nieghbourhood with my nephew, or just sit and talk with my mom. My mom is one of my inspirations to do good in school or in sports. She has helped me achieve what I have (which is quite a lot), and has never stopped being proud. Luv ya ma!

Another group of persons that I just love, would be my group of friends. This group is very big, so I will mention only my closest friends at the present time. My closest would include:Robin (best friend), Suman (best friend), Chris (best friend), Laura, Joanne, Missy, Jessica, Sean, and Nick. Robin has also been an inspiration for me. She has helped me through tough times with others, or just with myself. Just as well, I have helped her through her basketball struggles and her moody days. Chris is my best male best in the whole world. You could say he is a very long distance boy friend. This guy is the best person you'll ever meet. He's been the recent love of my life.

The true love of my life isn't even a person, it's a game. As mentioned before, my main dream has been to play professional ball when I'm out of university. My other career dream is to become a forensic scientist. I know you may be saying "whoa that's like the toughest feild to get into", and you know your right! It is pretty tough, but I have been working for this through most of my schooling. And with the help of all around me, I will have no problem achieving this dream. With sports, I can get a scholarship into a university, if I work hard enough at it. My coaches for almost every school sport have kind of directed me the ways to go to be a good team player and a good student at the same time. The three main coaches I hae to thanks for this are Mr. Day (Stratford City Basketball Coach), who first saw talent in me, and helped me build on that to become the player I am today. Before being on his team, I could "hardly walk and gew gum."!!! As he would put it. And then there is Mr. James (School Basketball Coach), who has strengthened my skills and has played me in higher levels because he knew I had the talent to go up against more experienced people. And third would be Mr. Johnson (School Track and Field Coach), who practically begged me to join the track team for shot put and diskus because he "saw" talent for me in those regions. What surprised me was that he was right. I had never been in any shot put meets, and the first one I went to, I WON FIRST PLACE!! I was like "whoa, you were actually right!". So I joined the team, and every meet I went to, he stuck by me cheering me on like any normal part of my family would. Loud and obnoxious!!! This guy, in my opinion, is the best coach to have. With saying this goes to the one person who did it all for me right at the start, which would be my elementary principal, My. Lainge. This certain person saw something in me only when seeing a couple of meesly elementary school team games. He came to me and told me that I should act on what I had. So he brought me to the Hoops For Fun games for a year, to see what I had. Then after that year, he went to my mom and told her about the city tryouts. Sure enough my mom agreed and I was on my way to see Bill Day, who is my former coach now! Yay for Mr. Lainge. Mr. Lainge has been the number one inspiration in my life.

With all this said and done, I would just like to mention that my mentors are the Raptors team, my mom, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lainge and Mr. Day. The other sports I have been involved in would be soccer for one year, volleyball for one year, and rugby for one season (going back next year though). Wow eh? pretty busy. I also work at one job, and will soon be having another (hopefully)!!!!!

 

Have a good day! And wherever you go, don't get lost...