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great job caleb

that's the way you should play every

game strong

mentally and physically you play

smart and you finish strong

now i want everyone to give a special

congratulations to our team mvp

miss kayla banks

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ladies ladies and gentlemen what you are

witnessing is god's beautiful work in

motion a

beautiful display of finesse and blur

watch out now ah miss banks

just set a school record for most points

and most assists in a single game oh

yeah i think i heard something about

that did y'all hear that

i've never seen such skill in all my 25

years of playing and coaching this game

excellent job kayla no wonder the scouts

are on my tail all the time

thanks coach i'm just doing what i love

one more game one

more game before we go to nationals

i don't need to tell you that you need

to keep up your focus and intensity

i don't know about you but i want that

trophy and

kayla now more than ever you need to

maintain that skill level

coach do you really think i will work my

entire life towards such a chemical

point and just what i'm about to touch

victory i would throw it out

good that's what i needed to hear

my office we got a couple of things we

gotta go

have you made a decision yet as to which

team you want to join you only got about

eight more months to decide

i think literally every team wants you

yes

they finally recognized all this talent

now they all want it

yeah yeah they do

but there is one issue

what's that how's your psychology class

your transcript shows you're not passing

and you need this in order to graduate

this is the second time you've taken

this class

it's your last chance if you want to

graduate and you have to graduate in

order to get drafted

so what's going on this is the only

course i'm having trouble with and it's

completely due to the

professor that's teaching it she has it

out for me coach

is there anything you can do on your

hand

i tried but she's strictly by the book

she says if you don't meet all the

requirements of the syllabus you signed

at the beginning of the semester

you won't get a passing grade she's the

only professor that will not get on

board

she knows what i do around campus i've

got practice

games rehearsals tutoring i don't need

all this now

i'll talk to her again and see if i can

get her to catch you some slack

just be ready for the big game next week

i'm always ready coach

hey i thought you were my girl

you already decided what no

not yet they have made a very attractive

offer which i am seriously considering

but no

not yet but how'd you know

well you left your locker open

so naturally i took it upon myself to uh

check out those new shoes up there and

that letter conveniently placed right

next to them

oh so you were snooping you got me a

pair too right

when have i not looked out for you look

i was just checking i want to make sure

you don't start acting all

brand new like those shoes

are you ready to do this girl please i

stay ready

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not bad huh

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champagne champagne

what are you 60

what john boya is for champions

yeah if that champion is one of the

golden girls that just yelled

bingo no we're gonna do this right

wait wait wait i can't get invaded gotta

take friends to church tomorrow

if i'm late she gives me more of a

mouthful and faster sound

but relax okay the night is still young

besides our accomplishments deserve to

be acknowledged

you're only young ones all right now

this one

is for my best friend since second grade

miss mvp

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let me get another one um now we're

talking

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um

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um

barely i wanted to make the whole

service baby not just the fourth quarter

i need to talk to you after service

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i'm gonna let it shine y'all got me

blind here so much like

today's sermon comes from romans

chapter 5 verses 3 to 4.

now i know some of you thinking wait a

minute pastor

that's only two verses how are you going

to give us

a whole sermon from that

well let me tell you

the spirit of our lord directed me

from those two verses yes

i've read the scripture many times over

many years but there was something about

these two verses when i read them last

night

and then they jumped off the page oh

lord

now i know some of you are still looking

at me in disbelief

so i'm gonna show you

more than that

we rejoice in our suffering

knowing that suffering brings

endurance and endurance

brings character and character

brings

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yasser what is suffering

what you're doing you're not focusing

you're just throwing a ball up there

like you don't care

i do care no you don't care

where's your passion at you don't make

what one basket out of five shots

i'm just tired tired

tired of what you ain't done nothing all

day but missed shots

i tell you what you better make this

next shot

what did i just say to you huh what did

i just say

you don't want to play you need to

listen i'm trying to help you

i get up and go to work every day and i

don't have nothing to

i'm show to teach you how to make it in

this world

you want to quit go ahead

quick but you're gonna end up

just like the rest of these kids in this

neighborhood

do you understand me yes

get the ball

come on let's go to work cause i'm

raising no quitters

but karen that's enough baby

stay out of this mama i said put it up

i'll let you look here

hey charles still got to go in there she

got to do a homework she got to take a

bath and she got to eat dinner

mama just stay out of it

you know maybe if you would have been a

little harder on me

maybe i would have never quit think

about that mama

come on here ken

hey mrs jones how are you you still

keeping yourself busy yes ma'am

i'm good baby girl how are you i'm fine

a little tired

but you know how it is with such a busy

schedule i saw how tired you were just a

few minutes ago

looked like you had yourself a nice

little nap during past the service

yeah i didn't mean to fall asleep

i must be coming down something no

no seriously i'm burning that candle at

both ends what with school

work practice really take a toll on the

body

well a little hard work never hurt

anybody you just make sure you make time

with god

the one who makes all things possible

yes ma'am

oh hey man sister hey sister banks how

are you

oh honey i'm blessed and highly favored

i'd say so

and i can see why too with this

superstar of a granddaughter you've been

blessed with

i heard from more than one member of the

congregation how unbelievably nice your

new furnishings aren't your new place

pastor told me you came over to bless

your new home said it had hardwood

floors

marvel countertops and beautiful

cabinets

everybody ain't able look like you've

done real good for your grins okay

yeah we all know how much she's worth

just trying to pay it forward

don't you think grants don't appreciate

it everything you're doing

all that we care about baby

well it's done now grams you can stop

worrying a mate

you sure have brother good grace again

well um

future ladies well excuse me um i see a

friend

that i'm gonna go run and catch up with

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grants

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oh that's right

here i see why i was so easily forgotten

seems like you were living large looking

fabulous

so what you need to meet up about the

psych anyway

oh honestly it's really just the teacher

that's giving me the problem

i'm fine with the subject i like it so i

took it

i was figured since you were the ta

to be able to help me out on your end

let me go down to the wire passing is

really starting to eat at me

okay baby come on here

but you're flirting with the

neighborhood boy don't take your grands

home

we're trying to catch my shows now come

on really grand

neighborhood boy

she calls your neighborhood boy that's

hilarious i'll see you later all right

come in good morning susan

it's dr grigor i know how busy faculty

mornings can be

so i brought you some breakfast

what can i do for you mr chase

how are things on this side of campus i

don't get over here very much and it

seems like

is this about

i need you to give kayla a break

mr chase i don't recall you being in my

class

and furthermore i don't recall you being

mrs banks as guardian either

i kind of like her guardian i've been

looking out for her best interest for

the past four years

since you consider yourself her guardian

i assume

you want what's best for her correct of

course so again

why are you still here look susan

dr griff

it's crucial that kayla not be under any

undue stress

i mean my god every other professor is

on board

i need you to go light on kayla could

you please

tell me your definition of goliath

you know what i mean stop assigning all

those damn papers

shouldn't one paper be sufficient one

paper

yes now i know what you're thinking

oh i hardly believe that

yeah you're thinking all those dumb

jocks

always looking for a free pass but

that's not the case here

i don't really care about kayla oh

really

i've put my blood sweat and tears into

her career

there's so much talent in that girl

she's gonna make it all the way to the

top

i just know it and you can see it

we just need to help her out all that

paperwork is

overwhelming and unnecessary

you know if you help me then i can help

you

there must be something you need

oh so i can just rub a lamp on my very

own personal genie

seriously susan anything you need

anything i can make it happen

please just help us out i would like to

think

i am helping kayla out mr chase and

furthermore

i would like to think i'm helping out

the betterment of our future society as

well

when kayla looks back at her college

career i don't want it to be of just

bouncing a ball i care about my students

and i want them all to reach their full

potential

and i don't feel kayla has taken

advantage of her unbelievably fortunate

opportunity bouncing a ball

if i'm not mistaken her education while

attending this university

is a full-ride scholarship and i would

like for her to take full advantage of

that

kayla is a very intelligent young lady

but i don't think she realizes it

completely

that might be because her involvement is

needed by

so many other people's own personal

agenda

i want kayla to find out that she's more

than just basketball

and the only way she can find that out

is by broadening her focus

and experiencing alternative enrichment

oh please with the money she's making

she'll be enriched

believe me is this about kayla or money

mr chase

don't go there we both know

everything in life is about money

i don't think you realize how much money

this athletic department produces for

the university

get with the program doctor

i think we view this conversation from

two completely different perspectives mr

chase

good day

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move the ball

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now tomorrow is the big day

and i expect everyone to be

you know what there's nothing left to

say

i've been saying the same thing over and

over again all season

and i'm sure i'm sounding like a broken

leg

but i want you to know that you're the

best team i've ever had

and i am very proud of each and every

one of you

i'm not crying i'm trying to make a

dramatic point

now come on let's get in here one two

three

thank you

hey caleb saw that full page layout

yesterday

so when are you going to show me your

recipe what girl please i have been

handcrafting this recipe my entire life

i'm going to just

give away the secret ingredient please

this isn't her first disney car

my girl she's been my sous chef

throughout it all

yeah it's better than paper since most

people should've been trying to get a

little bit

but why don't you craft jokes once you

can get up off that bench

i guess y'all will never have that

conversation now will ya goodbye

girl forgive those clowns are you ready

for this game tomorrow

there's a lot of important people going

to be in those stands and you need to be

on point

but you don't have to worry about my

focus okay you haven't had you before

and you don't need to now

i'm gonna go hang out with kevin and

those guys do you wanna come with oh no

i can't already got home

i wouldn't be with david now would it

nope i have a meeting with drake

i mean it's probably pretty difficult

for her to cut you any slack when you

don't show up right

whatever but she's just an old crab

don't let it bother you what a crab

yeah like a crab in a bucket i'm still

not following

okay you have a bunch of crabs in a

bucket right

one climbs to the top and then one from

the bottom grab that crab and pull it

back down

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um basically

come in

miss banks it was so nice of you to

finally come see me

to what do i owe this pleasure have a

seat

i received your email with instructions

to meet with you

this oh so your email is working

do you realize i've been emailing you

throughout this entire semester

since this is the first time you have

responded it is only natural for me to

be surprised

wouldn't you agree

dr greg garr i wanted to meet with you

make sure i had everything complete miss

thanks

if you are referring to passing that is

up to you

you need to focus pay attention and

above all

else attend class i know doctor

hold on cut the sad story i didn't bring

my violin today

do you remember the first day of class

when you signed my syllabus

yes but that was the there are no buts

miss banks

it states perfectly clear that

attendance makes up 35

of your final grade and 40 is

participation

if you are not in class you cannot

participate

although being such a nice person i am

i will give you one more chance to prove

yourself worthy of a passing grade

i teach a night class at another

university wait a minute i don't have

time to go to another university excuse

me miss banks

let me finish i will set up a video

conference

that will allow you to attend my class

via a remote situation

in this folder there are the dates and

times that my class begins

the video conference will be set up on

my assistant's computer across the hall

make sure you are in attendance any

other

additional details and information can

be found within the contents of the

folder given

and if you have any other questions you

can email me

especially now that i know your email

works

what if i can't make it miss banks

the question should be what if i don't

graduate

dr grigar you have to realize how i'm

already

struggling without struggle there is no

progress

good afternoon miss banks

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oh

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um

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what's up

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yeah no thanks to you

hey how would you stop running your

mouth and start running the ball up the

court so your team isn't losing

what the hell is going on out there what

do you mean go through it winning

winning what do you mean winning there

is no winning

when the clock stops one team wins

we are not playing to our potential the

score

is way too close and kayla where's your

head

at what what do you mean

what you had four turnovers in the first

quarter alone

have you forgotten who's sitting in

those stands there are scouts in those

seats

who have the ability to change your life

do you realize the power of this

opportunity

when we go back out for the second half

we're going to play our game

we're going to make shots and no more

turnovers

do i make myself clear

damn it we're going into the second half

it's the winning team

does that amount to anything not at 100

k

i've seen better is everything okay

yeah i'm great i'm fine

we're winning you don't seem like it are

you sure

my god i'm fine come on let's do this

all right show them how it's done

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foreign

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so

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so

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can you hear me

you're okay

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okay okay baby

oh baby are you okay oh

thank god you're awake

can you hear me okay

how's everybody feeling

do you feel any soreness anymore

can you sit up please

for me

she's taking a hard fall she's very

disoriented for the state she's in

just rest and take it easy okay we

started to run some tests now we don't

know exactly what caused you to collapse

but we'll find out soon right now i just

wanted to rest and take it easy

all the blood work seems fine the only

thing i can think of

may have caused her to collapse in the

manner that she did is an over abundance

of physical exertion

which is brought upon the flu and she

also seems to have a mild heart murmur

now i assume this is due to an increase

of emotional and physical stretch to her

body

she has a slight fever this can also

lead to temporary heart rate

now i checked her medical history

there's no evidence of this diagnosis

has she ever had any kind of heart

condition before now

heart murder doctor i don't even know

what that is

heart rumor is basically the sound that

blood creates when blood flows

now blood blows to the chambers and

bowels of the heart or the blood vessels

near the heart

in most cases these murmurs are

relatively harmless oh

doctor caleb grew a very healthy child

i would have known if something was

wrong with the heart so she'll be okay

yeah she should be but there is one more

test i want to run called the

endocardium

now that's going to ensure that her

murmur was brought in by a high fever

but nothing else

so do you feel like the flu brought this

up

it could be but like i said i want to be

thorough and make sure

i've already scheduled an appointment

from a week from today it's gonna give

enough time for the antibiotics to clear

things up with the flu

okay is she free to go she's still a

little disoriented but she should be

released shortly

and did we win we sure did 82-68

once you went out they played harder

more determination

they had your spirit

i'll replace my position yes

she was on fire i've never seen her play

that way

you should have seen her she couldn't

miss a shot

that's my girl

yes i just sent your prescription down

to the pharmacies so you're able to pick

it up on the way out

and until our next meeting i want you to

rest you need to keep this food

no practice no physical activity

okay thank you very much

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hiram university is going to nationals

after their triumphant win in the state

championship game

their star player kayla banks took them

into the fourth quarter

but it was her teammate cassie johnson

who ignited in the last five minutes of

the game

taking the team from a two-point deficit

to a 10-point lead

allowing the team the win for the state

championship

yeah i don't know alan i have never seen

cassie play the way she played in those

last

five minutes of the game you know she's

been a fairly consistent player

throughout the entire season

but it was this game that put her on the

radar of all the scouts and i would bet

that from this point on

they're going to be keeping an eye on

her performance from now on

well speaking of the hiram tigers we

have their head coach john case with us

so john tell us how does it feel to be

the head coach of the state champs

well it feels good but it will feel a

lot better

after we're national champs sounds like

you're really confident john

come on alan look at the stats we're the

best college league in the country

so of course we're bringing the national

championship home wow

i guess that means i don't have to ask

if you're ready or not we've been ready

since the beginning of the season

john will your mvp kayla banks will she

be playing in the national championship

game

that's a good question alan caleb banks

has dominated the game since her

freshman year at hu

she's broken every hu woman's basketball

record from

rebounds assists points she's got game

i've said this many times before

it's been an honor and a privilege to

work with miss banks

she's given her all given her time her

effort and her skill

all season well it looks like you've

answered my question

coach you're speaking in past tense no

no

kayla banks will be playing in the game

yeah she needs to i believe

i'm sure she's going to continue when

she started of course

well good we're all looking forward to

seeing her wow us in the national

championship game

what's that you got there i brought you

some soup

have you eaten yet nope all right i'm

starving

cassie called earlier she said she's

gonna bring something live a few hours

ago

what are you doing helping isn't that

what you needed

more like helping yourself no i'm fine

thank

so things have been extremely

weird strange between the two of us

since

this is really good where'd you get this

oh i used to live at home with your

mommy

so cute of course not

i made it myself you see you may know

your way around the courts

but i know my way around the kitchen

tell me i got mad skills with that knife

wow been all over the sports news lately

yeah so tired of it

it's like reliving the whole thing over

and

over and over well

we could always um make it a movie night

the movie how long did you plan on

staying here

thank you listen

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hello

okay

hey

hey i want me to be nosy it's kind of my

nature

did you have all that stuff when you

came in

no i didn't what no i didn't have all

this stuff when i came in

oh good because i swore i was already

here when i arrived

cassie

yep

well miss bates we have the results of

your endocardiogram

and what's the diagnosis

well we found out that your heart

murmurs were due to more than just a

high fever

unfortunately it's due to an underlying

cause

this makes you have a condition called

aortic valve regurgitation

or avr avr

what does that mean i i feel fine now

yes

for the time being you will feel fine

unfortunately this is a very serious

condition that pertains to your aortic

valve

wait wait wait you must have the wrong

chart doctor

that can't be my chart i'm fine i'm

healthy

i eat right now how could any of this

have

happened your abr was caused by your

endocarditis

mind or what you were diagnosed with

endocarditis four years ago

see i told you that wasn't my chart i've

never even heard of that

so how can that be my chart clearly i

would know if there was something wrong

with something as important as my

freaking heart

well when i saw the results of your test

i looked into your medical history

it was hard to find but it was there and

you were diagnosed as such

you were never informed of this no

what doctor diagnosed me with this

dr harper university doctor

sir this is the first time i have

ever heard anything about this

is this some sort of a joke what does

any of this mean

well since none of this was treated

properly initially

the infections damaged the lining heart

that's what's caused your abr

right here in your file

okay

okay

so what's the next so what's the next

step doc

can this be treated without patient

surgery

is there some sort of a magic pill that

can make this all go away

i think they have pills that can cure

everything nowadays right doc

well here's the good news kayla you

don't need major surgery or pills or

anything like that

luckily we caught this early enough

before you reached your critical point

you

you you really had me worried that i

i mean you you can't help but worry when

the doctor tells you that there's

something wrong with one of the most

important organs in the body

well i thought you would be happy to

hear that but you are going to be seeing

a lot more of me though

and we got to keep an eye on things we

don't want the situation to exacerbate

on us

sure no problem no problem there

you are doing me a favor doc i mean

really

just wait till i see that university

doctor though i could pans off

kayla you're gonna have to make some

lifestyle changes also

you cannot smoke you have to stay away

from secondhand smoke

you have to eat right maintain a healthy

body weight

and most importantly you can't overexert

your heart muscles with

rigorous physical activity okay

no problem check check check them all

um kayla i don't think you understand

this means you can't play basketball

this means you can't play basketball

anymore

not professional not professionally not

professionally

not professional

huh

practice makes perfect you know if you

spend less time fooling around with that

cassie and david you know how to make a

simple layup right now

can i play you want to play

you got to be willing to work you play

hard now friends later i said put it up

finally i got it yes you are there we go

come on get that ball and running now

without her

was

kayla how you been i've been looking all

over for you you

okay yeah

fine are you sure

yeah look david i really can't talk

right now

i gotta go wait a minute

did you enjoy the lecture was everything

clear

there wasn't any issues with the audio

wasn't there

nope everything was crystal clear

fantastic

after tonight's lecture i expect to see

a research paper on my desk

no later than by the end of the day on

friday do you have any other questions

pertaining to the assignment

good

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i'm really glad you're here we need to

discuss the game

you okay am i okay

what's all this attitude about attitude

what were you gonna tell me about my

condition what condition

my heart condition it's called

endocarditis

look that was nothing i didn't tell you

because

i didn't want you to worry it just would

have caused aggravation

it could have taken your head out of the

game game

is that all i'm worth to you of course

not kayla

look i spoke to the university doctor he

said it's a common condition that would

eventually go away

it's not life-threatening bottom line

do you want to play ball i've done

everything in my power to keep you on

top

but if you want to quit now then go

ahead and do it there are plenty of

other athletes who would die to be in

your shoes do you realize that's exactly

what would have happened

think about it kayla look how much your

life has changed in the past few years

where do you think all the shoes the

clothes the cars the plush apartments

came from

you think they just magically appeared i

made that happen

now do you want to play ball of course i

want to play ball that's all i've ever

wanted to do

then let's play ball we can discuss all

this later

but right now we need to clear our minds

and focus on the national championship

game

i can't play in the national game coach

what'd you say who told you that

we've got everything riding on this game

your future depends on this game

all those scouts who are at the last

game to see you play and run the court

well they'll be at this game you have to

redeem yourself

you can't quit now i hope you don't

understand dr monroe

i'll take care of him i'll take care of

everything

you just get ready for the game so go

relax i'll take care of you

trust you

god

i need you

more than ever in my life

you know my heart what it's capable of

and

what's wrong with it

i love this game so passionately

with that heart

all i've ever known to trust him

i don't know how to do anything else

this is what you put me on this earth to

do

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if i die

at least i die doing what i love right

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you mind if i play

you where'd you come from

why you keep popping up

i don't know where you come from or even

why

but i am really not moved to play right

now

you know i remember when you and your

mom used to play out here for an

hour

i am really not in the mood for company

right now

so please leave

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i'm just happy you're finally speaking i

mean we must have bumped into each other

at least a thousand times by now

she finally talks to me to tell me just

my luck

sir okay perhaps later

oh miss banks this is a surprise

are you okay

okay uh

miss banks i know it's been a while for

you but my class doesn't start for

another

hour and a half oh and just because

you're here today that doesn't excuse

you from the video class

that's fine

are you sure you're all right

yeah i just want to get this class over

so i can graduate oh

well that's the spirit

is your attendance like this in all your

classes or am i just the lucky one

i see well my class doesn't start for

another hour are you hungry

maybe you can go grab a bite to eat

i'm fine oh

shoot i'm gonna have to leave you for a

moment i forgot a couple things back in

the office

well lookie who's here

don't tell me you're in this class too i

guess we're both early huh

you know i never told you my name

i know yours so i guess it's only

fitting for you to not mind

hi my name is christian

yeah i know who you are so you think

no i know who you are you might think

you know

you can know a person for years not

really no

you can't trust anything or anyone

that's not true you can trust god

god do you really believe in god

of course i do don't you

i used to believe in god

you know what let me tell you about god

i asked for god to heal me

so i could live out my dream

my purpose

he never answered my prayer

the bible says you have not because you

ask not

i guess i have not because god is not

do you really believe that when you have

felt

what he's capable of your whole life why

do you think

all of a sudden he would just stop

delivering your fate

just because it doesn't happen according

to our schedule doesn't mean it isn't

going to happen at all

i believe you can't trust anyone but

yourself

people just let you down

yeah god might let you fall

but falling is good it allows you to

start over

do you want god to trust you

or are you trusting god

just remember this if god

leads you to the edge of a cliff trust

him fully

and let go he will either catch you

or teach you to fly

i want you to know something most people

they give up just when they're about to

achieve success

but always finish what you start no

matter what's going on between the first

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here's the latest kayla and this isn't

going to be easy but i can't sugarcoat

this

we have a problem last time i checked

i'm the only one with the problem

just listen all the pros have lost

interest in you

i don't know how words spread so quickly

but

i'm afraid it's all over we've lost

everything

we that's not all

and i did everything in my power to

avoid this but the university has

instructed me to inform you that you

can't play in the championship game

they say you're a liability even though

it's your last

game they have legitimate concerns

since word got out i've received

numerous calls and emails from the pros

withdrawing all your offers

and the university is canceling all your

perks

the clothes the shoes the apartment

they're all gone

what about grants i'm sorry

the lease was month to month and they're

not renewing the lease

there is some good news though your

education is still being fully paid for

what's up

uh just finishing

where you been i didn't tell you

tell me tell me what i haven't heard

from you in weeks

really really

i have my own place now

coach set it up a few days ago

are you sure he didn't tell you why

would he tell me cassie you're my

roommate

he thought it'd be a good idea so

there's not any confusion confusion

why would there be any confusion

look it's it's not my fault you got hurt

okay

none of us expected you to have a heart

condition

how'd you know about that see i know it

wasn't for me because

you haven't been here or stopped to see

how i was doing since i

fell out on that court coach told me

he thinks that i should take your place

since i'm showing up on everybody's

radar now

so when coach told you about what

happened

about my condition you didn't think to

stop and

check in on me

i didn't want to bother you i figured

you needed your rest

bother me cassie you're supposed to be

my best friend

we've been best friends since we can

remember

look i don't need this right now okay i

have nationals tomorrow

and i don't need this extra stress

i'll get the rest of my stuff next week

oh miss banks you didn't get my email

video conference was cancelled due to

prior engagements

i am glad i caught you though

how have you been lately

i'm fine you don't seem fine

i've been going through some things just

trying to regroup

i understand if you ever need anything

i'm always here whenever you need me

okay thanks

actually i am in need of a favor from

you

do you think you can help me out

depends on what it is it's something

that will take your mind off whatever is

troubling you

okay okay i'll see you tomorrow then

kayla takes the ball she's taking it all

the way jumps the shot

oh and the shot is good the rival has

the ball but

not for long kayla takes the steal she

makes her way towards the goal

not for long from out of nowhere

christian a new rookie prospect from

down south reaches for the steel and

it's all christened from here

ladies and gentlemen i have never seen

such a skillful steel in all my days

announcing this

game that's laying it on pretty thick

don't you think

hi

what

i thought you'd be a nationals by now

slowed it out

so how are you

dealing with everything

i'm not sure everything seemed to be

moving so

fast one minute like a blur

then the next everything's standing

completely still

i guess that sounds pretty crazy right

that's not crazy at all oh

what can you do that's not a

dead end end of the road it's okay

end of the road you know most of the

time when people think that they've

reached the end

it's actually just a new beginning

no i know what your major is

so uh what do you say about going and

watching the game

feel like being um people right now

that's okay

me neither

how do you get a heated grit guard's

compressor

let's just say i'm connected

h.u making it happen come on girls let's

do this

there you go cassie that's what i'm

talking about

yeah that's my girl

looks like your friend played pretty

good pretty good she played real

good and you know i recently found out

she is

not my friend anymore you know i

wouldn't dismiss anything yet

you never know how these things will end

up

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hey hi

so how's grants

she's doing pretty good back in the old

house

she's happy about that i bet she's much

happier

i mean all those amenities were nice but

you and i both know she doesn't care

about that

stuff i don't feel happy

it didn't matter she liked it all those

things were

proof of my hard work tangible evidence

that i made okay

grande loves you she doesn't care about

those material things

wow could you imagine we'd be where we

are now

a few years ago i guess you never know

where life's going to take you

you better watch out for coach we all

know what he's out for

i could have told you that a long time

ago i've had the inside look at

being kayla for quite some time now

yeah it's been a wild ride with him even

i saw that

it's easy to get blinded when you're

getting everything you want

the people that really care are still

here

now's the time that you have to separate

the weeds from the wheat

are you taking those biblical courses

through weeds from the wheat where did

you get that

you like that wait biblical courses

no i heard that off a commercial uh it's

this guy

christian it keeps popping up uh

huh wait hold on so i've been gone for a

few weeks

and you already have another guy no

no no it's not like that he's a biblical

studies major and

he's popping up at the craziest time all

over the place too

like he's following you no no he's a

really nice guy he's smart

seems wise i've seen him around

you know a few times but never really

spoken to him until recently

he's in dr greg garr's class but he's

given me some really empowering

spiritual advice he's probably working

on his dissertation for his master's

program

and you have become his case study no

really mvp basketball star hindered by

heart condition

but renewed by god

all foolishness aside

how do you feel like on the inside

i haven't really gotten a chance to ask

you i don't know

i feel different but day by day you know

i feel better

the load is starting to lift still hurts

and

it feels strange but i have hope now

but whether you're on the bottom of the

mountain the top of the mountain

climbing up or falling down i'm here

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well hello there miss banks how are you

would you look at that that is something

and it only took you a couple years too

now

i have one more thing for you to do what

you said this would be the last thing

don't worry i think this is something

you'll truly enjoy

this will be the last thing i promise

just meet me here tomorrow afternoon

okay

trust me

i think you need this it keeps my feet

planted firmly to the ground

i would have never thought yeah my son

did this for years

and i saw how much it meant to him so i

kind of took his place

okay guys over here i have somebody i

want you to meet

come on get over here stephanie quit

that

now this is going to be your new coach

i thought i was just helping you out you

are

coach k knows the game a lot better than

i do

good now we can win the game don't

interrupt

yes i think we will win a game now

somebody checker wasn't me

wow

oh she's already quitting okay guys

simmer down

kayla was the best player at the school

where i teach so why is she here

hey looks like we're doing a lot of

talking maybe we need to spend less time

running our mouths and more time running

up and down that court i need everybody

to get over to the free throw line

let's move it go go let's hustle

that's not it

hey haven't seen you in a while

i've been around

so you ready to lose this game please

don't let the sickness fool you i'm

still nice

you're in good spirits i like to knew

you yeah reading up on the bible

studies books in the library

i figure

i need to embrace what happened

i realized all i need is already inside

me

everything i've been through so far has

proved that

the cake needs heat to rise doesn't it

there's no story without conflict huh

exactly

i can't believe you're leaving i can't

believe you're graduating

yeah i've been working pretty hard these

last few weeks

i've noticed i'm very proud of you kayla

you know i never thought i would hear

those words coming from you

you know what the only reason i came

here was to be close to my son

he's been gone three years now i think

it's time for me to move on

i'm sorry i didn't know that about your

son

he was a big man on campus sort of like

you like i was

if you don't mind my asking what

happened

he collapsed on the baseball field and

didn't make it through

his heart came out on it how does a 21

year old heart give out

i can't help but wonder

if i was caught up in the hype and

excitement too much

i'm not paying enough close attention to

him

that's christian yeah

i didn't think you knew it let's see

you would have just been a freshman when

all this happened

and through all this i've learned when

god leads you to the edge of a cliff

trust him fully and let go

he will either catch you or teach you to

fly

they've got a great roster these girls

have such great potential

thank you so much for this opportunity i

think you're going to make a

wonderful addition to our team miss

banks welcome aboard

good afternoon ladies

i'm coach banks i will be your mother

your father and your spiritual advisor

for the next four years

now let me tell you this coach banks

ain't raising no quips quitter never

wins

and a winner never

must quits through

at times when we don't know

who to trust or what to do

there is someone who i learned to turn

to he really understands me

and all that i go through

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you

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that's why

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keep looking up to you

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there's some things in life

that we must go through

sometimes we don't know what to do

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that's why i'm looking up to you

you