you can accept failure

Authors note: this writing piece is based of one Michael Jordan's and Ken Griffy's famous quotes. 

"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."- Michael Jordan.

That is one of the great Michael Jordan’s quotes after a tough loss. Some people may not understand the quote, but I do and I can relate to it very well. It is saying that you fail and you have to at some point, but you can’t accept failure while not trying that is not acceptable. I can relate to this because in basketball your team tries their best but you end up losing to a better team, but in the middle of the game you can’t stop trying and fail that way, you have to keep going.

 "I can't play being mad. I go out there and have fun. It's a game.” – Ken Griffey Jr.

The reason I found this and put it on here is because it’s similar to the first quote by Michael Jordan. Ken Griffey’s quote is similar because you can’t play a sport mad, and if you do you will fail and then will not try. But if you go out and have fun you will fail sometimes but it will be ok, it’s a game. So next time you have a game for basketball, football, baseball or whatever, give it all you’ve and let yourself no it’s quite ok to fail.

The Christmas basketball

Authors note: point of view story by my basketball, and how its epic journey goes.

The first time I saw light was when they shipped me out of the factory. I was on my way to the store, I thought about how good someone would feel when they got a new basketball, ME. When the big truck taking me and all the other equipment turned the corner I saw sports authority, one of the biggest sports stores, surly I would be bought for a Christmas gift. The department the store workers put me in was basketball. I was there with all different kinds of basketball balls, socks, and even shoes I had never seen, it was great. It was around 3 days before I was bought by a mom looking for the final Christmas gift for her son, she could not decide but finally she chose me because I was a Michael Jordan ball his favorite. When I first saw their house it was great with all of the lights and Christmas things. But I didn’t have any time to look because she had to quick rap me up before the boy got home, and I stayed in the wrapped darkness for 2 days. Then finally after the long wait on Christmas Eve I was opened, he loved it, right away I was took outside and shot. A nice swish and he even noticed the shiny air Jordan sign on me. I think I even caught his name ‘Jackson’. There you go that is the story of my first Christmas, and now I am up in Jackson’s room.

By, Jackson

Football

authors note: all about my favorite football player


Football is Americas sport. More than half of the U.S.A watches or plays some sort of football, but if you go to some other countries, football may be know as soccer. There are 32 teams in the NFL, and my favorite team is the Chicago Bears. And it just so happens to be that my favorite player is Devin Hester, who plays for the Bears. His main job is special team, kick return and punt return, and he is the all time leader in touch down for both. A couple reasons why I like Devin is his speed, and vision on the field, his number also takes place after Michael Jordan the great basketball player. (#23)

Xbox 360

authors note: explains to people about Xbox 360

 The Xbox is a video game system that lots of people use. It is usually more popular the ps3 or play station 3, because of better graphics, and because it has more games. I think themost popular games for the Xbox 360 are nba 2k12, fifa 12, and call of duty games. For the call of duty games the mos popular one’s are black ops, mw3, and mw2, and people like nba 2k12 mostly because of the legends teams, with Michael Jordan.  If you want to customize your xbox  you can getsticker to go over it and there are white or black Xbox’s.The  people who game alot are called gamers . 

Los Angeles

Authors note: facts about los angeles sports teams.

Los Angles is the biggest city in the golden state (California). This great city has a total of 8 different sports teams, including one of the greatest basketball teams ever, the Lakers. There is another NBA basketball team too; it’s just that the Lakers have been so good that most people forget about the Clippers. Just recently a baseball team the angels, picked up Albert Pujols and C.J Wilson so they can make a run at the playoffs this season. I think that there would be more people living in the los Angeles area if they had a football team, because that is Americas sport.

Derrick Rose

Authors note: writing circle piece about Derrick Rose NBA basketball player.

Basketball, it’s a game of hustle and smartness. That’s why there are only around 1 hundred people in the NBA because the can do both of those things. The one, who I think is best in the NBA, is Derrick Rose. Derrick Rose was last year’s MVP and I think he should be again. His team is the Chicago Bulls, and he led them all the way to the eastern conference finals last year, and I hope he does again because Derrick Rose is my favorite player and because I’m from Chicago. Derrick Rose is a little guy but can have some beast dunks. This season I think the bulls can go to the playoffs again but maybe they need someone like Jamal Crawford to play the 2. To me Derrick Rose is the most elite player in the NBA because of all the different things he can do, like assists, defense, steals, blocks, and scoring. Stats—25.0 ppg, and 8.7 apg.

Banana' boy

Authors note: MY brothers rampage about bananas

One day on the way to the store, I saw a strange little boy walking on the side walk. He was eating a big banana, “he probably has good potassium” I thought. But as i got closer I realized that the kid was my brother Max. Although I was stunned he was there, I had him come with me, it took me a while to realize that he was waring all yellow. The whole time we were there he wanted bananas, so I got bananas and all the other things I needed. When I got back to the house Max had finished the bananas of in a split second as they were on a ice cream split, to me this was very strange because max usually at pretzels not fruit. As soon as I turned around my little brother transformed into a monkey that was huge. Mean while, when he was destroying the neighborhood, I was blacked out in my  house, so I have no idea what happened. Then I woke up, I was so happy that it was over then when I turned around my brother was laying there sleeping. P.S Max still eats bananas.  

Jackson Kunnert