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I grew up poor, living with my wonderful mother. We had little money but plenty of love and attention.
I was
1 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still
2 a dream.
My dream was to be a sportsman.
3 I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a
ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and hit anything that moved on the football field. I was also
4 : my
high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me
5 to believe in myself.
He
6 me the difference between having a dream and realizing the dream. One particular
7 with Coach
Jarvis changed my life forever.
It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and a friend recommended (推荐) me for a
summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket-money for a new bike and new clothes, and
the
8 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to
9 summer baseball to deal
with the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn't be playing.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as
10 as I expected him to be. "You have your whole life to
work," he said. "Your playing days are limited. You can't
11 to waste them." I stood before him with
my head hanging, trying to think of the
12 that would explain
13 him why my dream of buying my
mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his
14 in me.
"How much are you going to make at this job, son?" he asked. "Three twenty-five an hour," I replied.
"Well," he asked, "is $3.25 an hour the
15 of a dream?"
That simple question made it
16 to me the difference between
17 something right now and
following a dream. I
18 myself to sports that summer, and within the year I was
19 by the Pittsburgh
Pirates to play baseball, and was
20 a $20,000 contract. In 2000, I bought my mother the house of my
dream!
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( )20 A. paid
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B. have
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