Heroes, where did they all go??

I remember growing up and playing basketball in Rosamond, along that same time i used to watch the Lakers and the Celtics go back and forth in playoffs with my dad, seeing Magic Johnson pass to James Worthy or Byron Scott and SLAMMM DUNK!!! I remember the Sky hook from Kareem and the tenacious play of Kurt Rambis, Michael Cooper and Michael Thompson. The early 80's was a time i wanted to be a basketball player. I didn't have a rim or a basket to shoot at but i still had my ball and would dribble it everywhere, I would pretend there was a hoop on the roof of the house and i would throw the ball up there and it would roll back and there was the pass to me. As i got older i finally got to play on a basketball team at the Junior high level, i was a tall kid so they picked me up right away. But my coordination was atrocious and even thou i could touch the rim i couldnt do much of anything else. My jersey number was 99, because at the time i enjoyed Hockey and Wayne Gretzkey was my favorite.

One of my heroes growing up was Michael Jordan, watching him play was always an inspiration to me. Even thou my favorite team was the Detroit Pistons The bad boys!! MJ would always have an amazing game and was entertaining to watch. He always had composure and drove his team to success. One thing as an icon to fellow players he never gave up, there were times he played while sick and even at the beginning of he career he prevailed thru an injury. Even thou MJ was very successful at what he did and is considered one of the all time best players in the NBA he still had many things to go thru to get to where he is today. I saw this Nike commercial today and it reminded me that he wasnt a perfect person but a person that wasn't afraid of trying over and over.

As we grow older our heroes begin to fade and we live off the memories we had, to overcome our daily obstacles. Its important to share the love and belief with our young ones so they can see what heroes are and what inspirational person they can look up to. It was hard for me this weekend to talk to my kids on the phone because they were preoccupied with the conversations they were having with my ex-wife boyfriend. I felt i was losing them to the enemy at the time. But if he can make them happy as i did then he can be someone that can show them that belief. Yes i am sad that im not there to be with them, but if i can give them the love that they need to grow then so be it.

Heres the commercial i saw.