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When we first began the story of Coach Carter, the basketball players were not doing so well in school. They were skipping class, not getting good enough grades, and did not have any disipline. When Coach Ken Carter took the spot of the head basketball coach, he knew that he had a lot to deal with. He had to teach the boys disipline and what it ment to be a team. He also had to help them with their school work in order to play on his team. Carter once said, " Your a team. If one player struggles, the whole team struggles, If one player triumphs, the whole team triumph." He said this because they did not know what it was like to be a team. Carter did not think that the team would actually make it as far as they did. At a point in time, Carter put a lock on the gym and canclled two big games, living the team with two loses. The only reason he did this, is becuase they did not earn the right to play on his team. Until they could earn that right the gym was locked. The town of Richmond is all about basketball. So when they heard that Carter had put a lock on the gym, the media and the whole town was going after Carter. Finally it went to the school board where it was voted that the lock out end. The next day when carter was going to clean out his office, he went into the gym and saw his team sitting in desks working. Worm said that they can cut off the lock, but they cant make us play. He is right about that. Even thought it was voted to end the lockout, they can not make you do anything. Than Cruz, who has had some problems throughout the whole book stood up and quoted Marianne Williamson, which states, "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most fightens us." Than the team gets a call to go to the state championships, they may have not won the game but they won scholorships. They also won the respect they wanted and what it ment to be a team.