The Role Of Perseverance In Professional Sports

Many people said he's not supposed to in the NBA, he's not supposed to be a NBA all-star, but all this criticism would push Jimmy Butler to better. Jimmy’s high school coaches said he wouldn't go anywhere with basketball. He was able to prove them wrong through his perseverance, hard work, and effort. This shows that we should all be able to persevere during hard times. Some people argue that perseverance does not make you successful but you won't go anywhere without it. They say it's just pursuing a higher goal with failure like setbacks. Others say it's a mindset developing an ability to deal with setbacks. They're not wrong in any sense at all, and they are logical, because if they can pursue a high goal they will get set backs along the way. But what happens if they hit a dead end, they hit a fork in the road then what? How would they get through it? They fight through it, and a good example of this is Jimmy Butler. At the age 13 jimmy butler was kick out his own home with these words from his mom “i don't like the look of you. You gotta go”. With know where to go he would he would go house to house throughout his high school years till his senior year. “ if you can't fly then run if you
Though his hard work and perseverance jimmy would prove everyone wrong. During his senior year he would average 19.9 p.p.g (points per game) and 8.7 r.p.g (rebounds per game) and jimmy would be nominated MVP for his team, but that wouldn't be enough for jimmy to land a division I scholarship. Jimmy would eventually go to Tyler Junior college, during his first game with TJC he would score 34 points and from there he would score consecutive 30 point games. After the season jimmy would land land multiple division I scholarships and he would choose to go to Marquette College based off academic records the school had, and not there basketball