Insperational stories

I like stories like this



If that does not inspire kids to get over whatever they are complaining about and using as excuses I don't know what will. They need to learn to appreciate the health they have and not take it for granted and to use their time well to be the best they can be. Because kid's like this in the video WISH they could trade places with them and have the opportunities they have!!!

you need to get the Coaching to Change Lives Character

Got this from a book the year I taught reading--pretty amazing:

Wilma Rudolph: Overcoming Adversity

•She was born premature and weighed just four and a half pounds at birth. Her parents thought she would not survive, but she did. She had to stay in the hospital for weeks.

•When she was four years old, she was stricken with double pneumonia and scarlet fever. Her life was again in danger, but she survived. Unfortunately, she was left with a paralyzed left leg.

•Doctors in her hometown told Wilma’s mother that she would never walk again, but she refused to listen. She took Wilma 45 miles to a doctor in Nashville.

•The doctors told Mrs. Randolph that if Wilma could have special heat and water massages at the clinic each day, she might be able to walk again. But, she could not able to do that because it was too far away, and she was poor trying to raise 16 kids.

•Mrs. Rudolph learned how to do the massages herself, and she taught her three oldest children so that Wilma got four treatments a day. She took Wilma to the clinic on her one day off a week.

•When she was six, Wilma could hop along for short distances before her weak leg would buckle. She kept trying, and was able to go even further. Finally, at age eight, she was able to walk with the help of a leg brace. For the first time, she was able to go to school.

•At age 11, she was able to walk without her brace. Wilma then figured if she could make it this far, she could try to play sports. She made the school basketball at age 13, and at age 15, she averaged over 32 points a game and was named All-State.

•Wilma was discovered by a track coach at Tennessee State, and she became the first person from her family to go to college. She began training for the 1960 Olympics, but she faced another setback. She had surgery to replace her tonsils, which caused her to miss three weeks of training, but she was able to make the Olympic team.

•In the 4X400 Olympic relay, Wilma Randolph was the anchor leg. The U.S. had built a lead going into the final leg, but a bad pass caused the baton to fall on the ground. The Germans ran by and took a big lead. Wilma faced overwhelming odds once again, but she managed to close the gap, and she pulled head in the final seconds of the race.

•Wilma Randolph not only led the U.S. to a gold medal in the 4X400, she helped them to break the world record in the 1960 Olympics. She became the first American woman to win three gold medals in one year. She set a new world record in the 100m, and a new Olympic record in the 200m.

•This little girl who was wasn’t even supposed to be able to walk had overcome a lifetime of adversity and had become the fastest woman in the world.

Lots of them here

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