May 3rd, 2011 
Russ Loede 
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Rose’s Vision Becomes Reality
“Back in training camp when I said I wanted to be MVP, I wasn’t trying to be cocky at all,” “I knew that I put a lot of hard work in over the summer in the offseason, and I just wanted to push myself.” – Derrick Rose answering his own question from the start of the season.
At 22 years old, Rose is the youngest player ever to win the MVP
trophy and is the only player ranked in the league’s top ten in scoring
(25 ppg) and assists (7.7 apg). He led the Bulls to their first 60 win
season and No. 1 NBA Playoff seed since 1997-98.
In the beginning of the season he asked “Why can’t I be MVP?” Here he
shows us why he can and why he is.
“The way I look at it within myself, why not? Why can’t I be the MVP of
the League? Why can’t I be the best player in the League? I don’t see
why-why-why can’t I do that? I think I work hard, I think I dedicate
myself to the game and sacrifice a lot of things at a young age and I
know if I continue to do good, what I can get out of it and if that’s me
going out or doing whatever, I’m willing to do it because I know in the
long run, it’s going to help me.”
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