THE WILL TO WIN
Take the case of Ike Skelton, Jr. Ike was stricken with polio as a young boy. A Kansas City doctor told the parents, “If he gets better, healing will come from a higher power than I.” Months and years of painful recovery followed. The doctor once said: “Never have I seen such a will to win.” Five years later, a student at Wentworth Military Academy, Ike was on the track team. In the big meet of the year he ran the two-mile race. His legs had recovered, but his arms were still helpless. For the race his teammates taped his useless arms to his side. In the last lap Ike sprinted down the course. It made no difference that his opponents had already finished two laps before. He gritted his teeth and tore across the line into the arms of his teammates. Said one, “The rest of them came in first, but they didn’t beat that boy.” A Second Reader’s…
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