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` ` = **Wild Card Essay** = By: Kyle L.

In Tikis life there are many ups and downs in football. Most people think when they read Wild Card it's about a junior high football team that wins the football championship again and again. I think the book Wild Card written by Tiki and Ronde Barber and Paul Mantell is about how Tiki goes through many ups and downs to get were he is but, one of his weaknesses is to learn **__to always try his best__**


 * __Tiki learns to always put school first__** . Adam the kicker on there team can't play because he has bad grades. So that motivates Tiki to always put school first. Also it effects the whole team when you can't play an important position. For example when coach Wheeler says "Ok Tiki will be our new kicker the Mountaineers replacing Adam." Tiki learns to always put school first so he doesn't let his team down in the rockets game .Tiki learns to put school first so if somebody has to take his position he's not putting them in a bad sutation.Tiki learns to put school first so he can play in the most important games .Tiki the running back has an important job and taking on another one is a huge and important job. That is putting Tiki in a bad position that he doesn't want to be in. This shows to always put school first.

This leads to **__even when something goes bad don't give up__**. So when coach Wheeler says that Adam been placed on an academic probation you don't sit down and pout you get up and and help him and try even harder. Tiki learns even when something goes bad don't give up by when loosing in the Blue Ridge Bears don't give up and try even harder. Tiki learns even when something goes bad don't give by going to help Adam when he was placed on an academic probation. Tiki learns even when something goes bad don't give up by trying even harder for Adam so Adam doesn't have to feel like he let the team down in the most important game, the Rockets game. This shows that even when something goes bad don't give up.

Tiki also learns **__not to have a bad attitude and if you do it will effect the whole team__**. In this story Adam can't play football so tiki has to take his position Tiki has a bad attitude so the whole team does bad in the game. Another reason is in the game he had a bad attitude so he missed all the field goals so his team lost. These to reasons show that if you have a bad attitude it effects the whole team.

The last thing that Tiki learns is **__to always try your best and in the long run it will turn out good__**. Tiki learns to always try his best and in the long run it will turn out good by doing your best and maybe you could get scholarships or offers to play on a better team. Tiki learns to always try your best and in the long run it will turn out good because if you don't try you best people will think your no good. For example look at Tiki now playing running back NFL football for one of the most popular teams the New York Giants .This shows to always try your best and in the long run it will turn out good.

As you can see Tiki learned to always put school first, never give up, do not have a bad attitude. If you do it will effect the whole team, and to always try your best and in the long run it will turn out good. I have learned from reading this book theres alot more to a football team than I thought and hopefully you do after reading this essay.