“If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we should learn from them.” Lance Armstrong Summer 1993 – Houston Astros: When 22-year-old Billy Wagner reported to the Houston Astros for the first time,...
“You don’t have to be a hero to accomplish great things. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.” Edmund Hillary April 6, 1967 – Gulf of Tonkin – North Vietnam: Doug Hegdahl went up on the deck of the U.S.S. Canberra...
“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 –...
