NBA performer demonstrates attributes for success
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Joe “the trick-star” Odhiambo not only teaches students, including Kadynce Couture, to spin a basketball, but demonstrates five attributes of success during assemblies held Friday in Ronan.
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Kindergarten students Rock Bixby and Annalyse Wayman learn how to spin a ball with teacher Jessica Charette.
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RONAN — Joe “the trick-star” Odhiambo gave two assemblies at K. William Harvey and Pablo Elementary Schools on Friday, accompanied by Bay Forrest, a 6-foot, 10-inch former NBA player for the Phoenix Suns.
Odhiambo, a 12-time Guinness Book record holder for dribbling and former NBA performer, is originally from Kenya in East Africa. His humble upbringing taught him the drive and work ethic that has allowed him to become the best in his class. Odhiambo now communicates these tough life lessons and experiences to his audience. He strongly believes that even though we start the race in different places, at the end of the day, what you put in is what you will get back.
Using “trick-star” demonstrations, Odhiambo showed the students that all people can succeed in life through five attributes he believes in:
— Faith in Yourself: Believing in one’s ability regardless of what others say.
— Persistence: Ability to endure hardship, keep working hard until you attain your goals.
— Patience: Working long hard hours because you understand what it takes to succeed through practice.
— Working Hard. Understanding that there is no short-cut to anywhere worth going.
— Responsibility: Follow through with what needs to be done to get the job done.
“We were very pleased to be included in Joe the Trick Star’s tour of Wyoming and Montana,” teacher Carey Swanberg said. “Our students and teachers thoroughly enjoyed the experience and talked about it the rest of the day. We appreciated his positive message of ‘work hard and say no to drugs,’ which tied in perfectly with our Red Ribbon Week activities.”
