'When I was in the sixth grade at Ford Boulevard Elementary School, my class was asked to write an essay on what we wanted to be when we grew up. We then had to get up and read our assignment aloud. Kids said they wanted to be doctors, policemen, firemen. I got up and said I wanted to he an Olympic Gold Medallist in boxing. The class burst into laughter. They all thought I was kidding. One kid said, 'Yeah right, you're from East LA. How are you going to be a gold medallist?' The teacher thought I wasn't taking my assignment seriously, so she punished me by keeping me after class.'
- Oscar De La Hoya
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