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Monday, June 28, 2010

Reminder: You Should Test A Minimum of Three Hours Daily (then increase the time to 4 or 5 hours, especially for the weekend).

Hello to everyone. I had not planned to write again until tonight, but I want to remind you that it is four (4) weeks until game day.

Don't be half-stepping. And, don't be scared because you have been half-stepping up to now.

In the movie, Love & Basketball, Sanaa Latham played a girl in high school who wanted to be the first woman to play in the NBA. Monica, Ms. Latham's character, was known for her temper. Her temper seemed to put her in bad favor with her college coaches.

One afternoon, she was seated at the table with her family, preparing for dinner. Her father, who had always supported her in her athletic endeavors, said, for the first time, that she might want to think about something other than basketball. That the recruiting season for college was close to the end.

Dad: "Monica, I think what your mother is saying is ... maybe it's time you
start thinking about other things beside basketball.

Monica: What?

Dad: One game left and you haven't been recruited.
Munchkin, I wanted this as bad as you did ... but we have to face reality.

Monica: The coach from USC will be at the championship.

Dad: I know, but chances are ...

Monica: CHANCES ARE, THERE'S STILL A CHANCE!


This is one of my favorite movie lines. Don't you forget that there is still a chance. It may be a small one. It may be tiny, itty-bitty chance. It is still a chance. No matter where you are in your bar studies, the game is not over yet. So you keep pushing. You may have messed up, headed out a little more than you should have, or got a late start.

But the game is never over until that last question on that last exam day.

Be Like John Wall. Be #1 in the Exam and Keep Posting Up!

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