Discipline can help to improve on one’s dedication & determination. Working everyday and pushing yourself to work harder can increase your abilities in the sport. Determination to be better and become the best you can be. Your mindset about yourself and your abilities is crucial in working towards athletic goals as it is proven to be more difficult with a negative mindset
C. In the daytime I ran by her side, and at night I lay down close to her.
By showing that the narrator followed around their mother, it creates the idea that the narrator is dependent on her.
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The person who said this is A. St George.
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He was talking to a woman in the book St. George and the Dragon.