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　　afford a dream.

　　My dream was to be a

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　　. When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety – mile – per – hour fastball. I was also

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　　: my high – school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who

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　　me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular

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　　with him changed my life forever.

　　It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer

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　　. This meant a chance for my first income – cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the

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　　of savings for a house for my mother. The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to

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　　at it.

　　Then I realized I would have to

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　　summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing. I was

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　　about this.

　　When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as

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　　as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your

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　　days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”

　　I stood before him with my head

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