Peter will run at conference if he has to run on his hands. |
She believes in serving part of the community — developers, elite types, her family, |
The track is made for the rain. Technically, it's supposed to drain 20 minutes after the rain stops. |
The umpires we will be using probably have more experience than the people who are learning this trade. These people are not willing to give up their family life like the people working their way through it. They are choosing to do it as an avocation rather than a profession. In terms of what we're going to see, we're not worried that we're going to embarrass ourselves. |
There's just so many people in the Midwest that everybody wants to help, wants to help, ... You know, they want to do more than give money. You think you've done so much until you get there and you see how much there is, how much devastation there has been or what-have-you. And you feel like it's just a drop in the bucket. |
These kids have played hard every minute they've been on the court. They haven't always played well or done what they were supposed to do, but I've never once had to ask them to play harder. |
Travis is the son of Miriam and Albert Fernandez. They raised a wonderful son whose selfless act through the Make-A-Wish Foundation helped push the track to where we are today. Everyone should have children like Travis. |
We battled, but there were times when you'd look up and all you'd see was maroon. We almost had to be perfect. |
We encouraged him to try six feet and he barely missed it. |
We got a nice surprise in the high jump. |
We're always hopeful. The kids are going to try their best. |
We're going to try it as a practice run and see if it works. |