Dear Basketball                    And so I ran. I ran up and down every playground From the right moment                       I gave you my heart I fell in love with you.                    Because it came with so much more. A love so deep I gave you my all -- From my mind & body                        I played through the sweat  and hurt To my spirit & soul .                 Not because challenge  called me But because YOU called me. As a six-year-old boy                     I did everything for YOU. Deeply in love with you I never saw the end of the tunnel.        You gave a six-year-old boy his dream I only saw myself                         And I'll always love you for it. Running out of one.                       Love you always. ...... From the excerpts  of the poem, we can learn   _  .
The writer practised a lot for his dream since he was a little boy Challenge called the writer to do everything for it The writer loved running when he was six The writer loved his father from his mind and body