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Finding success after failure - Sports<br />
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By: Nechama Mandel<br />
Masores Bais Yaakov<br />
There was a girl named Malka. She was<br />
running in a marathon. In this marathon<br />
you had to run 5 miles in 2 hours. Last<br />
year, Malka tried to pass one girl. She<br />
was running so fast that Malka slipped<br />
and fell. Everyone was laughing at her.<br />
This year she was thinking about not running.<br />
But, then she realized that she can<br />
run. She decided that she would just pay<br />
attention this time and not focus on one<br />
girl. In the middle of the marathon,<br />
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It’s always seems<br />
impossible<br />
until it’s done.<br />
By: Joe Torkieh<br />
Hillel Yeshiva<br />
In a basketball game, my friend missed<br />
the game’s winning shot and got embarrassed<br />
by his team and the whole crowd.<br />
He went home that day and he felt miserable.<br />
He never wanted to play the game<br />
again. I went over to him and told him,<br />
“Don’t worry. Even the best basketball<br />
players miss shots. Don’t give up. If you<br />
try and try you can become the best basketball<br />
player. That’s how basketball players<br />
become basketball players.” He took<br />
my words and became the best basketball<br />
player. The lesson is to never give up.<br />
By: Nathan Botton<br />
Hillel Yeshiva<br />
It was a sunny Sunday morning and the<br />
crowd was cheering as I dribbled the basketball<br />
up the court. I juked out two defenders<br />
and jumped as I shot the ball in<br />
the air. The ball made a swooshing sound<br />
as it went straight into the net. The crowd<br />
went wild. The score was 15-14, in our<br />
favor, with less than a minute left. The<br />
star player of the other team made a fast<br />
break down the court and scored the ball.<br />
There were ten seconds left and it was our<br />
only chance to win.<br />
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By: Yocheved Nussbaum<br />
Masores Bais Yaakov<br />
Shevy was very excited. She was at the<br />
edge of the race track ready to start running.<br />
The moment the whistle blew, she<br />
was off running with all her might. She<br />
was in 3rd place; now she was in second,<br />
now she was in first. She could feel the<br />
wind rushing behind her as she thought<br />
to herself, “I must win.” She was almost at<br />
the finish line. She was going to win when,<br />
suddenly, she tripped and fell. She could<br />
feel the blood rushing up to her face. She<br />
saw all the other runners going ahead of<br />
her. She was last. She had lost. Everyone<br />
was laughing at her. She thought to herself,<br />
“I am never running a race again.”<br />
“But then,” she thought, “if I give up, I will<br />
never succeed.” She thought to herself,<br />
“Next summer, I’ll practice even harder.”<br />
Next summer she won.<br />
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