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Have a safe and happy July 4th Weekend! We're proud to represent an American made product! Congrats to @PennStateBeaver student Jaylen Alston-Taylor @jaylenalstontay on their Senior Advisor promotion! #PennStateBeaver

#July4 #IndependenceDay #SummerWork #AmericanMade

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@PennStateVBALL

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balling in Lucas Oil!!

[Atlanta Hawks @ATLHawks]

Congratulations to our very own Steve Holman for being voted Georgia Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association!

It is Steve's 6th time winning this honor 👏❤️

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🚀 A professional development win! Jaylen Alston-Taylor @jaylenalstontay at @PennStateBeaver earned a promotion to Advisor while gaining communication skills. Thanks to the Career Center for empowering student success. 💼 #PennStateBeaver

#SummerWork #Entrepreneur #VectorSummer

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You can NOW PREORDER Inspiration for Gen Z 2!!

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[Atlanta Hawks @ATLHawks]

First day in the 🅰️ for the rooks ✅

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Worked on some one dribble pull ups today! @DrKrisWatkins @SHReport @GAHoopsReport

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WELCOME TO ATL!

[960 The Ref @960theref]

Falcons extend tight end Kyle Pitts to a 3-year, $54M contract, $36M of which is guaranteed. He becomes the highest paid tight end in NFL history.

[Dr. Manuel Scott @ManuelScott]

One day in high school, my English teacher stopped me in the hallway and said:

"Manny, you have to go to college."

I laughed.

"Thanks, Ms. G., but nobody in my family graduated from high school."

She looked at me and said, "What are you talking about?"

I replied:

"College is for White people. People like me don't go to college."

Now before some of you get upset, understand: I'm not telling you what was true.

I'm telling you what I believed.

I had never seen anyone from my world go to college.

Nobody talked about college.

Nobody expected college.

College wasn't part of my imagination.

But Ms. Gruwell refused to accept that.

She said something I'll never forget:

"Manny, I'm not here because of where you're from. I'm here because of where you can go."

Then she told me that if I was willing to work, she would help me get there.

So I gave her my word.

I started studying.

I started showing up.

I started believing.

Eventually, my grades went from a 0.6 GPA to As and Bs.

Later, she helped me apply to U.C. Berkeley.

I didn't think I'd get in.

She did.

And one day an acceptance letter arrived.

Looking back, I realize something powerful:

Sometimes you have to borrow someone else's belief in you until your own belief catches up.

Most people saw where I was.

She saw where I could be.

That changed everything.

Who was that person for you?

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🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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@MylesLJohnson @TheJATSide https://t.co/bPk7GYx6xC

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TODAY. 5 PM.

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@thatsdax Amen!!

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#seagulls

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🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Jaylen “JAT” Alston-Taylor @jaylenalstontay]

Vacation!!

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One of my favorite plays from a great senior season! @GAHoopsReport @SHReport @DrKrisWatkins

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Great to be back and join @960theref this week!