Flash Fiction

The quotations that i had in my step one of my tapestry were these:
"My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then i will turn that perceived weakness into a strength."
Micheal Jordan
And
"Faith is a strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light."
Helen Keller
To me the main idea of these quotations is that strength has many different assets and meanings such as strength not being an all physical thing but it can be what strength is inside you. In the first quotation made by Micheal Jordan it explains that he will take criticism that he got for example that he is a bad mid-range shooter so he worked on that skill and became a dominant mid-range shooter, so he took a weakness and turned it into a strength. The second quote doesnt explain as much of a physical strength but a mental and strength that is inside us and faith is something we all have and that if it is our strenght or if we make it our strength we shall emerge into the light and be able to make a change.
Short Story
I woke up this morning at 5am, didnt get to sleep till 12:30 am last night or this morning whatever gets you to sleep at night. Today is the day of truth, today is the day that decides my destiny.... As a basketball player for the stratford central senior basketball team. There have been four tryouts so far and today is the last and today is friday i really would not want to go into the weekend with my name not on the list. Tryout is going to start at 7:10 am sharp, getting in a good meal this morning will be crucial to my overall energy during this tryout.
I arrive early its about 6:55 am and i am very focused right now i am going to need emotional and physical strength to perform at my absolute best today. I am in the gym at about 7:05 warming up my ankles, knees, thighs and calfs so i can be ready for any intense jumping i may do when dunking, yes i can dunk, i am hoping when we scrimmage i will get a breakaway and dunk it that will definantly boost my chances of making the team.
Practice starts with a basic warmup of running, free throws and stretches. Mr. Cassone announces that cuts will be made today and that there will be a list out in front of the phys.ed office at lunch. We start with ballhandling drills then get to layups and then finally shooting, caoch then says that we are going to be playing a five on five game for the remainder of the practice. To myself i was mentally preparing for this game i am saying to myself that this is my time to shine and play like i should be a member of this team. I start out on the bench because there are 20 people trying out, he splits the teams up so each team is equal in skill. Substitutions are made and i get my debute i play as a shooting guard so me and the point take the ball up he passes to me i drive to the lane fake the layup and pass to a teammate and he scores from mid range, the coach compliments my ball movement. Im feeling great about myself so i show a smile and hustle back to defense they drive the lane and past to there shooting guard and he calls for an isolation play so there team follows he goes to the top just me and him he does a crossover but i steal it im running as fast as i can and thinking DUNK IT DUNK IT so i rise up and slam the ball down with one hand. Everyone is silent even the coach, Mr. Cassone calls me to talk with him i walk over he shakes my hand and says welcome to the senior boys basketball team.

The significance of the flash fiction i just wrote is that the main character in this story which is me has to show two kinds of strength in the begining i explicitly say that but during the rest of the story it is implied to you.