Sports offered me an opportunity -- and I seized it. All heart.
What was the moment or reason we fell in love with sports?
This is the story of Rick Kosek, a reader from Atlanta:
I never planned to go to college. Sports gave me the opportunity and I seized it. My grades were not good in high school. ACT score was terrible. Too hyper. I guess they call it ADD now. Never applied to college and was working in a metal fabrication plant welding and burning beams for new construction in summer of 1981. While playing summer baseball after barely completing high school, a competitor's parent asked me where I was going to college. I said I am not going. He said "you have some of the most talent around here. My son is going to a JUCO in Florida so tell your mom to call me." That call led to a JUCO and ultimately to a College World Series title. All heart, buddy. Like sports, give it your all and you can overcome adversity. That’s why I like (any) sports every day and that’s my story. (Read more of Rick's story here.)
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