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| 27 Aug 2009 07:56:32 pm |
| USAIN BOLT, World’s Fastest Runner |
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“You can’t worry about what people are gonna think about you.”
[Usain Bolt, world’s fastest runner, in an interview with Bryant Gumbel.]
Usain Bolt took the world by storm at last week’s World Track and Field Championships in Berlin when he shattered world records (by .11 seconds) in both the 100 and 200 meter races.
Along with such superior results, comes skepticism. The sports world is tainted with athletes whose exceptional ...
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| 21 Aug 2009 12:09:31 am |
| Y.E. YANG, 1st Asian-Born Golfer to Win a Major |
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“The worst I could do was lose...”
Y.E. Yang, on how he pulled off one of the greatest upsets in professional sports history. Not only did he defeat a virtually unbeatable Tiger Woods (who was 14 for 14 when leading on the last day of a tournament), he became the first Asian-born player to win a Major golf championship.
What is noteworthy about today’s Real Zeal is the philosophy with which Yang approached his game. As he saw it, losing a game ...
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| 13 Aug 2009 10:17:26 pm |
| JASON MCELWAIN, Autistic Basketball Team Manager |
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“What we all want in life is a shot.”
[From the award winning video featuring Jason McElwain, the former high school autistic basketball team manager.]
All of us do want a shot – and more importantly, we want to believe that the shot (or shots) we take will make a difference. And in these tough times, we’re not so sure. We start to wonder if we’re living in the wrong time or if we’ll have to wait years to achieve our success, or ...., or ... .
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| 06 Aug 2009 05:14:48 pm |
| RICKEY HENDERSON, Hall of Fame Baseball Player |
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"Telling the truth isn’t being cocky."
Rickey Henderson, newly inducted into the baseball hall of fame – one of only 39 (out of 289 total) elected on the first ballot.
Widely regarded as the sport's greatest leadoff hitter and base runner, Rickey Henderson holds major league records for career stolen bases, runs scored, unintentional walks and leadoff home runs. Many believe his base-stealing record will never be broken – his 1,406 career steals ...
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| 31 Jul 2009 02:43:29 am |
| DON MEYER, College Basketball Coach & Jimmy V Award Winner |
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"Life is a team sport."
Don Meyer, most successful basketball coach in men’s NCAA history and 2009 winner of ESPY’s Jimmy V award.
Don Meyer declares himself a coach of kids, not of basketball. He has won 903 games – more than any coach in NCAA men’s college basketball, yet he measures his success by the quality of the young men he sends out into the world.
On July 19, at this year ESPY Awards, Don Meyers was awarded the ...
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