Cherry Creek’s state championships this year came in boys golf, boys soccer, boys tennis, football, field hockey, girls swimming and diving, baseball, boys lacrosse, and boys swimming and diving. https://t.co/rO0wt7ZxLH
I love this poem.
The older I get, the more I've come to believe that slowing down is the key to a happy, fulfilled life. Make sure you take the time to slow down and observe the beauty in the world.
Make the time to stand and stare.
Country singer Dolly Parton wrote the songs "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" on the same night.
When the first song was at the top of the charts in 1974, Elvis wanted to record his own version of the song. Dolly was interested until Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis' manager, said that it was standard procedure that when the king of rock and roll covered a song - half of the rights to that song would go to him in the future.
She refused it.
"I said, 'I'm really, really sorry' and cried all night. It was terrible for me, on the one hand, it's Elvis. People told me: "You are crazy." It's Elvis Presley...' but I just couldn't do it. Something told me in my heart not to do it and I didn't. I know he would rock with that song. But I couldn't. And then Whitney Houston came along with her version and I made enough money from the rights to buy Dollywood."
She grew up in severe poverty and no one famous has done more for the education of the poor than her.
In 1990, the percentage of students who did not graduate from high school in her hometown was over 30%. She introduced the "Buddy Program", where all high school graduates received a nice sum when they graduated. It wasn't just a waste of money, she personally came and explained the concept to them - everyone should find a buddy, and whoever doesn't succeed she will find one for them. Everyone had to sign that they will graduate and do everything in their power to ensure that their buddy also graduates. She taught young people about friendship and helping.
The number of school dropouts dropped to below 6% and has remained so until today.
When 900 families lost their homes in the 2016 fires, she paid each family $1,000 for the next five months. When she came to the bank to finish the paperwork, she gave each family another $5,000 to find. A total of nine million dollars.
Also, her work - Imagination Library from 1995, was inspired by her realization that young people in rural areas and poor families already fall behind when they start school and that this prevents them from pursuing higher education. The goal of her program was for every child in her district to receive one book, once a month, from birth to school, completely free of charge, without any conditions. It started as an initiative in her hometown and has spread to a huge number of countries around the world.
By 2018, over 100 million books were distributed in this way.
She is also known for her witty statements, at the beginning of her career she said:
“I'm not offended by jokes about stupid blondes because I know I'm not stupid... and I'm not really blonde either.”
He survived the 2012 Aurora, CO theatre shootings, after being shot in the head. He then went on to realize his dream of playing in the NFL.
Zack Golditch is my guest this weekend on “ Amazing Americans.”
https://t.co/9qNLN9Gp3I
Michael Malone on Jamal Murray: "This is not just coach and player. I love Jamal Murray. This is not just I'm coaching him. We've been together for seven years. We've been together through a lot of ups and downs...I saw the dark days coming back from the ACL. For him to be playing at the level he’s at, I'm just so happy for the man."
Malone said "put that in your pipe and smoke it."
Murray said, "when we win, they talk about the other team."
Even Jokic brought up the disrespect.
It's real.
And I love how the @nuggets are using it like rocket fuel.
Hey @espn, are you serious with this clown Jeff Van Gundy?
At the end of a quarter in which every close call has gone in favor of LA, Denver finally gets one call and Van Gundy CRIES about it for three minutes straight.
He’s not hiding it. It’s not watchable.
I'm VERY serious. Do not come to the Bar if you're gonna root for the Lakers. There's eleventy-five bars in Denver where you can root for the Lakers. The DNVR Bar is not one of them.