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It all started in one day in Winesburg, Ohio there was a basketball player named Jordan Johnson. Jordan wasn’t always the biggest guy, standing at 5’6 150 pounds , but his dream was to play in the college if not the NBA. He always had people telling him, “You’re not going to college for basketball.”
One day Jordan was in the gym working on his game, and the coach said, “Hey Jordan, how come you never talk about your family?” But, little did the coach know his parents were in a terrible car crash when he was eight years old. Jordan started to tear up and said “Coach, when I was eight my parents were in terrible car crash and passed away.” the coach wasn’t expecting that response and replied “Oh my gosh, Jordan I had no idea...:” Then, that
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