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An adolescence lived between shady companions from which was not easy to run outline despite his parents were exemplary: dad Orlando and mom Alessia. They taught correctly him to prevent him from joining to similar comrades but unfortunately he didn't got the importance of their suggestions. At a certain point he discover a place that changes his life: he began to visit the Oratoio (Pisa) billiard club an he were attracted from this game that, as himself state: "saved my life". Followed by Roberto Balestri that helps him to live life less unruly, thanks to cue and balls that Michele Cosci has found his street and discover his predisposition for billiards.
In 1993 when he were 19 years old he won italian championship in the 2nd category demonstrating an innate talent, Piero Crespina gives him his personal cue to play in that tournament. From this story it's a it is a continuous crescendo until he enters in the final pool of 48 Nationals the second more important category in Italy, less important only then Professional Players. Today Michele is a member of CSB Balalaika club in Pisa. Last year, with this club, he won Italian Championship for Teams. Teams are his greatest pride, in fact he can boast of being, probably, one between the more important players that has won the large number of Teams Competitions and is proud to have been celebrities as teammate like Nestor Gomez undisputed legend of billiards and the two times World Champion David Martinelli. They were furthermore the two players that inspirate him the most and that he consider his real masters..
When he was 35th the second change in his life: when he felt Jesus has arrived in his life. Nothing induced by family or men of the church, but casually, suddendly, “as happened to Paolo on the way to Damasco” he tells. A personal, intimate meeting that changed him and at the beginning was difficult to manage. Thanks to Nicola Legrottaglie a famous soccer player of Juventus football team he were listed inside "Athletes of Christ" and realized that other persons lived an experience with Jesus similar to him, so he joined this movement which goal is to spread the word and the freedom it contains. He has a vest made with logo and written on the back "Athletes of Christ". No, this is not about fanaticism. The writing on the back it's more like a provocation to get people to ask and give him the possibility to answer and tell them his experience. The choice to look like Jesus is applied in his world of billiards making an example for other players with his own behaviour, with respect for the rules, of the opponents with whom he has never had an argument, so much so that even a Rai commentator gives him great compliments for his fair-play..
In a moment of great mental confusion, periodo in which he had abandoned the management of a very busy billiard room in Pontedera (Pisa) due to a conflict between profit and moral, by chance meets in a public office his actual wife Eleonora. He saw a different light in her eyes and asked her why, she answered that probably is the light of God. He fells in love immediately and invented and offered her a role of scorer in a national team competition to meet her again. From this episode comes a relationship that is always strong and still alive today and Michele (that was born in Pisa) sets up his residence in Fauglia (Pisa) with Eleonora and their two beloved dogs Pippo and Gastone. Together they began to participate to the functions of the Evangelical Church "Source of Life" in Livorno where they both discover they have deep faith in Christ and faith tells them which goals must guide their lives..
This meeting with the Evangelical Church opened his mind, but overall in this place discover what will be the mission that Jesus stated for him: teach billiards to the people. With this creed he began to teach this wonderful discipline in the most complete way, Con questo credo comincia ad insegnare questa meravigliosa disciplina nel modo più totale, revealing the tricks usually kept hidden by the great champions (because it could be "fatal" that one day in a match your pupil can overtake the teacher!). He was called "The Prophet of billiards" for this reason: let people know all the "secrets" in billiards. "Faith without works is empty.It is not always easy, but this is what we are called to and that makes us new people". May be that this is the real miracle: be able to become new persons..
