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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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As a high-school player, she caught the eye of the Tennessee State track and field coach, who recognized her tremendous ability and began training her as a runner. But just three years later, in 2001, she was struck by a car on her way back to school from swim practice, and lost her left leg at the knee as a result.

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

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In October 2001, with three children under 4 (including an 8-week-old), I moved from Australia to Dallas with my husband, Andrew, who’d been offered a job. I could look into the training programs and research people who are already successful in the field,” she said. Trust your capabilities. What’s the first thing you could do?”

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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In 2001 Mary Parry was homeless and living in a tent in Pennsylvania when she began befriending hikers along the roughly 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail. Commutes can be the bane of city dwellers’ existences, but not for commuters at the Armitage train station in Chicago. to try to use the car jack to save his father. And he did.

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