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Posts tagged "Motivation"

Inspiration Knows No Gender Bounds: My Top 6 Inspirational Stories of Female Athletes

In honor of Mother’s Day yesterday, women in general, and the athletic accomplishments of the female gender, I would like to re-post a piece from a couple years back. The list below contains some mind boggling inspirational athletic feats. It was after one of my inspirational speaking presentations (to a high school girl’s volleyball program)... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
May 14, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School Sports: Perspective in Sports is EVERYTHING!!!

My recent highlighting of inspirational sports stories has got me thinking…again. I mean, you have to wonder how certain individuals, athletes, are able to face such difficulties and still come out on top, finding ways to overcome the obstacles that stood before them. It’s a topic I have covered before, yet one I can’t stop... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
May 7, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School: A Wrestler's Awe-Inspiring Demonstration of Inner Will, Determination and Grit - Fine Example for All

Back in May of 2008 (on my original blog), and in March here on Chicago Now, I posted a short piece on a very special wrestler from Ohio.  One thing that made this wrestler so special was his willingness to take on what many would say were insurmountable odds to become a state contender in his weight class in wrestling -... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
April 20, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School: New Sports Book For Athletes, Parents, and Coaches: "Becoming a True Champion," Released!!!

It’s surreal how a simple conversation between sports parents about sports, success, and kids can spark an idea that evolves to the point of a published work. After eight long years of work, writing, queries, waiting…more work, more writing, more queries and more waiting…etc., Becoming a True Champion (#BATC) has been published. No more, “Hey... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
April 18, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School Sports: One-Handed Athlete Knows No Bounds

It’s kind of funny how some parents know their children so well; even as their kids age, become fathers themselves and are not considered kids anymore, except by their own parents. These clued-in parents just seem to get it. They understand what interests, motivates and inspires their offspring, and they know why. My father represents... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
April 13, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School: Chrysa Nowell, Inspiring Others Through Unbending Will, Courage, and Effort

We all face difficulties in our life, at one time or another; instances where the odds are certainly stacked against us and nothing seems to go our way. You know the feeling, don’t you? Where it looks, at least from one’s perspective, as if it would be better, maybe easier, to just throw in the... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
January 11, 2012 at 7:00 am
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Overcoming Adversity: Legally Blind High School Athlete Refuses to Quit

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I couldn’t possibly bring any more value to this heartwarming story than what the following video shows. . Many could learn a lot from this young lady, a lot!!! video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
November 9, 2011 at 7:00 am
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One-Handed Football Player Walk-On Becomes a Star at Albany

Ever heard of Jim Abbott? The one-handed former MLB pitcher. How about Anthony Robles? The 2011 Division I NCAA 125-lb. wrestling champion who accomplished this feat with one leg. And how about Bethany Hamilton, I am sure you have heard of her. The surfer girl who had her arm savagely torn off by a shark... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
October 31, 2011 at 7:00 am
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High School Sports: You Don't Have To Win To Be A CHAMPION!!!

Call me what you wish, but I cannot watch this without shedding a tear. For me, that was impossible. Uploaded to YouTube by Necessity4failure... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
October 12, 2011 at 7:00 am
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Supporting a Cause That Matters: Downers Grove South H.S. Demonstrates The Connectedness Between Us All

In my post last Friday (Transcending the Athletic Arena:  Stricken High School Athlete Receives Warm Welcome), I relayed to you a heartbreaking story about Katie Vree; a young, healthy high school girl, and volleyball athlete, who contracted a strange virus last spring. According to the story in the Chicago Tribune, the virus attacked her spinal... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
September 30, 2011 at 7:00 am
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