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10B MAKE IT HAPPEN

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Discuss the following questions with class. a Look at the photo and discuss the following

1 What is the definition of success for you? Who questions.
is the most successful person you know? 1 What do you know about the man in the

2 What do you think we should/ shouldn’t do to photo?
be successful? 2 Do you know any other world-famous Turkish
3 Look at the following quotes. Which of them is sports people?
the most inspirational one for you?
After being the CEO of Turkish National Basketball
Association, Hidayet Türkoğlu is the guest of Beyond
the Game by Samantha Johnson, the journalist and
presenter of TRT World.

Reporter: Hello, Hidayet! Welcome to our studio. How
are you?
H. Türkoğlu: Thank you. I’m doing quite well.
Reporter: Well... Firstly, you’ve just become the president
of Turkish Basketball Federation. Congratulations!
a H. Türkoğlu: Thanks a lot.
Reporter: You are the first Turkish-born basketballer
to play in the National Basketball Association and you
played for fifteen seasons for the NBA. There are a lot
of fans that have many questions about your personal
life and career. If you are ready, I would like to start my
questions.
H. Türkoğlu: Sure.
Reporter: First, when and where were you born? Can
you tell us about yourself?
b H. Türkoğlu: Of course. I was born in Bayrampaşa,
İstanbul in 1979. I started basketball at the age of ten
thanks to my elder brother’s interest in basketball. You
know, he was playing and I looked up to him. I got a
scholarship in a talent test at high school and there I
chose my path.
SUCCESS Reporter: Great. You played for Anadolu Efes for four
IS DOING seasons and went to America. There you played for
ORDINARY THINGS Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Orlando Magic
EXTRAORDINARILY and Toronto Raptors. After all those years, how does it
WELL. c feel being retired.
H. Türkoğlu: I’m enjoying. Of course I miss the games.
I mean playing. It was great fun to play, but I always

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