"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've missed the winning shot for my team. I've failed over and over in my career. That's why I succeed." * Michael Jordan. What did Michael Jordan mean in his quote about failure in his career? Interpret the meaning and importance of his quote. Your response should be 2-3 COMPLETE sentences.

Micheal Jordan meant that failure was only a learning lesson. He knew that the only way he would succeed would be for him to learn from his failures. The key is in that second to last sentence – “I’ve failed over and over and over again.” For many people the sting of that first failure is enough to put them off for life. “It wasn’t meant to be,” we tell ourselves or “I gave it a go, that’s enough,” and then we go and look for something else to try, hoping that we will be good at it, and therefore be able to continue. The quote is important to people with an opposite mindset. It could help motivate people who give up to easil.

Failing helps you to learn things. The importance of the quote is significant because it helps teach a lesson.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.