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MICHAEL JORDAN SPEAKS

Michael Jordan Speaks:
Sophomore year, Michael and his friends are all suited up for try-outs and they are
excited. They had all grown up watching the team play and knew that they had a reputation
of being great. One of their friends, Tim Klements had made the team his freshman year,
now he was standing with all of the seniors and giving dirty glances to his old friends.
Michael appeared to be poised and ready, but minutes before walking onto the floor he had
thrown up. Michael didn't know what to expect from this new coach. Michael had been
coached by the same coach for six years straight and had grown very accustom to his style
of play. The varsity style was faster and stronger. The first day of try-outs had seemed
rather low key to Michael, but the second day was a killer. Most of the team was either
hunched over the water fountain or the trash can. Michael had been running with his
father weeks before try-outs and was in the best shape of anyone on the team. In the end,
none of this mattered because the coaches' decision was that Michael wasn't big enough to
be able to hold his own. He was cut from the team. According to Michael that was the
turning point in his life. He still to this day holds a grudge against that coach, but
says "I owe my career partly to him for the sacrifices he cause me to make." 
This book depicts the events that occurred during Michael's life in a very interesting
way. Sometimes suspenseful, sometimes humorous, sometimes sad, but not once throughout
the book did I find myself struggling with bordem. The stories in this book tell a true
tale of the greatest athlete in history.