SSR # 6

In the book I am currently reading called " Can I Keep My Jersey?" By: Paul Shirley himself it is a autobiography based on Paul's life as a basketball player. he was not just any basketball player he was a basketball Vagabond, He played on eleven teams in five different countries all in four years! So far through the book Paul has really shown that he is a very determined, and also shows he will never give up trying to make his goal of playing in the NBA. Paul is very determined for everything he does, even what he says, such as in the book he says " well at least I tried, and still able to keep trying until a team wants to sign me for a year". No matter what people say, what his teammates think of him, Paul doesn't care at all. All Paul cares about is getting to the NBA, and as long he is getting paid and having a job as a basketball player he doesn't care where he will play next. All of his coaches he has ever had thought his live has always had no faith that he had a chance to be in the NBA, none of his friends thought so, nobody not even his own family. But that didn't stop Paul to keep playing basketball the game he loved, the game he was very good at but not great because then he would be a superstar in the NBA not a guy who travels to team to team every couple of months hoping one of these days he will get a call from a NBA team needing to sign him. Paul's dream did come true, other people would have gave up, quit , move on with their lives, not Paul he believed in himself and that one day came when he got signed with the Atlanta Hawks on a 10 day contract for 100,000. Paul finally made his goal of being on a NBA team showing that any person could make it as long as you work for it, never give up, believe in yourself, try your best, and to never listen to what other people say about you all that matters is what you think of yourself. And that's exactly what Paul was. So far this book is very interesting and exciting it makes me want to read more and more, and the suspense is very good  in this book.

Joe Kamenske
Period 3