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From the Ted Talk by Alex Smith: An NFL quarterback on overcoming setbacks and self-doubt
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The first day I was down there, I was doing a blcnaae exercise on my good leg and he just shevod me right in the chest. "Come on, Alex." Then he shoved me again. "Come on, you can do better than that." Then he did something that cangehd my reevrcoy completely. He handed me a football. You see, after sndeipng years and years of my life with a football in my hnads, I hadn't touched one for months since my injury. It was like reattaching a lost limb. He told me to thorw from one knee. I zipped one to him. A better kind of spiral. From that point on, if you put a ball in my hands, I felt stronger. I did my exercises better. I can't explain it, but I felt lighter. I felt alive.
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The first day I was down there, I was doing a _______ exercise on my good leg and he just ______ me right in the chest. "Come on, Alex." Then he shoved me again. "Come on, you can do better than that." Then he did something that _______ my ________ completely. He handed me a football. You see, after ________ years and years of my life with a football in my _____, I hadn't touched one for months since my injury. It was like reattaching a lost limb. He told me to _____ from one knee. I zipped one to him. A better kind of spiral. From that point on, if you put a ball in my hands, I felt stronger. I did my exercises better. I can't explain it, but I felt lighter. I felt alive.
Solution
- recovery
- throw
- hands
- changed
- balance
- shoved
- spending
Original Text
The first day I was down there, I was doing a balance exercise on my good leg and he just shoved me right in the chest. "Come on, Alex." Then he shoved me again. "Come on, you can do better than that." Then he did something that changed my recovery completely. He handed me a football. You see, after spending years and years of my life with a football in my hands, I hadn't touched one for months since my injury. It was like reattaching a lost limb. He told me to throw from one knee. I zipped one to him. A better kind of spiral. From that point on, if you put a ball in my hands, I felt stronger. I did my exercises better. I can't explain it, but I felt lighter. I felt alive.
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