Role Model

I have three older brothers, but my role model is my next oldest brother, Orlando. He was always there for me when we were growing up. I was very small, and he always kept the bullies away. When I couldn’t figure out my homework problems by myself, he helped me out. Orlando never gave up when he had problems. Once in High School, my baseball team passed me up for pitcher. I wanted to give up the team, but he talked it over with me and finally talked me into playing. In fact, he woke up early every morning to practice with me. When they choose me for pitcher the following year, we were really proud of ourselves—he was proud of me for succeeding, and I was proud of him for being such a great coach.