Personal Essay: Chris Paul, My Favorite Athlete

Chris Paul is my personal favorite athlete, because of his dominance on the court and his will to win. I not only like him as a player but also as a person. He shows good faith and outstanding characteristics. Off the court he’s just as a dominant, as an outstanding individual. Chris Paul has shown adversity throughout his life from his grandpa, to his college days at wake forest, to his time spent on the New Orleans Hornets, and now to his dominance on the LA Clippers. Not only this but also his amazing work as a philanthropist giving back to the community and supporting local schools and his home town.
Chris Paul’s life started with some adversity. As yaeger notes, when he was still in high school, the day he was signed to wake forest his grandpa was murdered by 4 masked men. They snuck up on his grandpa, and attacked him and stole his things(Yaeger). Chris Paul was devastated by this and the next game

Its called the Chris Paul Family Foundation because his whole family takes part in giving back to his community (Yaeger). The charity is based solely in his home town for the most part, that being Salem, N.C. His charity gives back to his community including scholarships for the high school. Also devoting money to wake forest to help improve it. It also partners with several charities including the boys and girls club(Yaeger). The best part about is that Chris Paul isn’t the only one involved in it, his mom and dad, and wife are greatly involved in it. Bringing charity to his hometown community.
I feel Paul is definitely my favorite athlete not only because of his extreme competitive nature but his likeable characteristics as a person. He’s a great person with outstanding personal traits. He actually called for the people that killed his grandpa to be released because he feels they were young and everyone deserves a second chance. He’s one of the top 5 people in my book. An amazing person on and off the court, Chris