Kendall Card 2.0

I hadn’t realized how many videos I’ve been posting on here lately until I was about to post this video. Truth of the matter is I’m getting lazy creating my own content. Although this video is one that you may have seen before, I find it inspiring and worthy of a second round.

But stay tuned to the blog as I’ve got a post about overweight kids and another one about the film “Who Killed the Electric Car” coming up.

Perhaps the reason this piece by Steve Hartman of CBS News touched me so much was because ever since I can remember I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the underdog, the kid that needed someone to believe in him.

I had a classmate in elementary school named Curtis Rowley who needed someone to believe in him. Although other kids made fun of him I saw his acute understanding of animals and plants in nature application card credit mbnacollege student credit card debtuk credit card,card credit secure uk,uk aqua credit cardbank card credit providianbusiness card credit smallcredit card fraud protectioncard credit low rateapproval canada card credit instantcard credit debt reducingconsolidate credit card paymentmy premier credit card accountconsolidating credit card debthsbc credit card applicationinternet credit card processing,internet credit card processing servicessecured credit card applicationdownload metro pcs ringtonesfree cell phone ringtones,free samsung cell phone ringtones,free t mobile ringtones for cell phonedownload mobile mosquito ringtones t,mosquito ringtones,mosquito npr ringtoneskeypress motorola ringtonesfree samsung cell phone ringtones10 caller hotlink ringtones top,hotlink caller ringtones,caller hotlink malaysia maxis ringtonesdownload pc ringtonesnextel mp3 ringtones,free mp3 nextel ringtones,i730 mp3 nextel ringtonesinfo personal polyphonic remember ringtones sagem,info personal polyphonic remember ringtones voice,info personal polyphonic remember ringtonesfree ringtones makercell phone ringtones verizon,phone prepaid ringtones verizon,ringtones for verizon phonedownload free ringtones lgblackberry 7520 ringtones,blackberry ringtones,free blackberry 7250 ringtonesringtones for cingular phone,polyphonic ringtones for cingular phonedownload free ringtones virgin mobileinfo nextel personal remember ringtonescell free lg phone ringtonescingular cell phone ringtonessprint download ringtones,download ringtones for sprint phonesony music box ringtonesalltel free phone ringtonessony ericsson free real ringtones,6030 free nokia real ringtones,free real ringtones24 free ringtonestrac phone ringtonesmake your own free ringtones,free make own ringtones,free make mp3 own ringtonesnextel music ringtoneshot new ringtonesdigi caller ringtonesfree motorola ringtones tracfoneboost free mobile music ringtonesblackberry download free ringtones100 free mobile ringtonesfree nextel real ringtones1600 composer nokia ringtones,ringtones composer,mobile ringtones composer100 free mobile ringtones virgin and so it was by sharing the same curiosity for these things I got to know Curtis and would stick up for him. I guess I risked not “being cool” but looking back nearly 25 years I don’t believe I risked anything by my actions.

I often wonder what happened to Curtis after we moved away and if anyone else gave him a chance…or took a chance.

And so it was while watching this video I thought about what a fantastic coach Jim Johnson of Greece Athena High School in Rochester, New York is and more so what a great individual he must be. In a world that is in need of more people like him, coaches who will give every kid a shot at something, he put Jason McElway in for a few minutes of the last game of the season. And although Jason wasn’t “officially” on the team, it didn’t matter.