What If Your Life Improves Only When You Decide It Must (Charles Thomas)
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Charles Thomas shares his journey of determination and personal growth from humble beginnings to achieving a basketball scholarship.
Send us Fan Mail A lot of people say they “worked their way up.” Charles Thomas actually did it, step by step, when the alternatives were a factory line, a foundry floor, or getting drafted into the Vietnam War. We talk with Charles about growing up in Willow Run after moving from Detroit, finding his identity through sports, and grinding through two demanding jobs just to save enough money to start college. That determination takes him from junior college to a full basketball scholarship at ...
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