“Each year when it’s Triple Crown time, I keep thinking that it should be me again, but you only get a chance like that once in a lifetime.” Eddie Sweat November 12, 1973 – Paris, Kentucky: It was a sad Monday morning for Eddie Sweat. The 34-year-old racehorse...
“A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.” Graham Greene May 21, 1927 – Paris, France: Forty miles from Le Bourget Airfield, he began to see the flares. Less than 33 hours earlier, 500 people had watched...
“It’s not where you start that’s important, it’s where you finish.” Mamie McCullough Fall 1952 – Dixie, Georgia: In the early morning, 22-year-old Mamie McCullough left...
Don’t let your dreams be molded by other people who don’t know what you are called to do. Dream big dreams that transcend you and ultimately trust God to help make those dreams come true. Arnold Allen March 1964 – Sevier County High School –...
“It is never too late to become what you might have been.” George Eliot 1860, Greenwich, New York: Anna Mary Robertson was born on a farm with five brothers and four sisters and did her share of the chores around the farm. With money scarce, her parents hired her out...
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” Wilma Rudolph September 7, 1960, Olympic...
