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The three passions that have dictated the direction of my life have been sports, friends and family. My first passion, sports, has guided me through temptations such as drugs and dropping out of school and has kept me on the right track. My second passion, much the same as my first has helped to deflect the many temptations of life. It is my friends who have stuck with me through the ups and downs and it is to them that I owe much of what I am today. My third and strongest passion is my family, and more specifically my father. He brought me up as a single father when my mother wanted nothing to do with me; he fought to give me what he could and it is to him that I owe everything.

Sports, my first passion, has been instrumental in shaping me into what I am today. In my life many temptations have threatened to destroy all that I have worked for. When life got tough and I wondered if it was worth continuing always the love of competition has brought me back. The thrill of stepping......

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