He's the athlete of the year because he doesn't give up. Despite him starting his sports career late he sets a goal and exceeds them.
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The boost in his confidence EVERYTIME he does well. Watching people better than him and mimicking their movies til he masters it and adding his own twist to it. "It calms me when I'm angry or anxious" he says is the number 1 reason.
Kobe Bryant and Kyrie Irving are his favorite players and they inspire him to keep pushing and be positive. "My mom inspires me because she gets up when she's tired, sick, cleaning, right after work to take me to my practices and games and even practices with me."
They were losing by 11 points in the last 1 minute of the game. We could see his teammates as well as himself giving up and when he noticed he stepped up and gave them a pep talk about how they could catch up and to keep their heads up. They played hard those last minutes and even though they lost being able to pump them up at a weak moment for them made me so proud. He continues to strive to be a better player and a better human.
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