How did Junior make the basketball team? In what ways was this related to his conversation with his dad earlier? (Haziq)

Junior made the basketball team not only because he beat Roger 1 on 1, but because he was persistent and never gave up. While Junior was playing Roger, he lost multiple times. He pushed himself to try and do better which he knew he had to do to be able to make the basketball team. The coach of the team saw how Junior wasn’t giving up and knew that he would always stay positive. I have also had some personal experience in the kind of situation Junior was in so I could relate to this very well. Juniors dad says to him that  "You have to dream big to get big. (Alexie 136)". While Junior was trying out, he must have kept that in mind and what his dad said means to me is that if you want something good, you have to have hope. Junior did not let the fact that Roger was beating him multiple times get into his head. Just like his dad said, Junior wanted to be on the basketball team, and he dreamed he would be even though he thought he wouldn’t make it.