Winning Ways
They said I was too small, that I didn't have the strength, that I wouldn't cut it. It has been tough. Sometimes I still feel that I don't have the height or strength to go out and compete against the bigger guys.
But I found it takes a lot more than physical size or strength to make it in life... >Read More
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Beyond the Brass Ring
My dad thought I was born to play basketball. When I was seven years old, he sat me down and said, ‘Pete, if you will let me teach you basketball, maybe one day you will play on the professional level as I did. Maybe you will be on a team that wins the world championship, and they will give... >Read More
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New Beginnings
There I was, alone in my tiny residence room, crying at 3am. Things like this just did not happen to me! I'm an educated, modern, rational person! How did my life come to this?
First steps
I grew up without any religious knowledge or experience. I adopted an atheist attitude, mostly because my friends were atheists. I wasn’t really sure of...... >Read More
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Alive, Really Alive
Story told by David MacLean, as told to Laurie Wang
At the unripe age of nine, I was necking girls.
Looking back as a husband and father, I could see I was going down a dangerous road at such a young age. That same year, my mom died of a heart attack. At that time, my sister was 20 and my... >Read More
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Finding a New Strength
I thought indulging in certain sexual practices was harmless and just a “normal thing that kids do”. I started masturbating and looking at pornography when I was in my teens. Although I grew up in a home that believed in God and went to a school that taught about God, I thought that these sexual practices would give me... >Read More
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Finding My Real Voice
Story told by Danny Velasco, written by Leah Kullman
Danny Velasco's dream of being a celebrity stylist propelled him into being the youngest stylist at Bergdorf-Goodman. With this experience under his belt, Danny was styling hair for models that appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine.
Danny had a promising future, expensive homes and...... >Read More
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The Man Behind the Weapon
A giant of a man weighing over 300 pounds, Carl Swaboda of Vienna is reputed to be the only man in athletic history that has raised aloft more than 400 pounds. But you might wonder if other less publicly known men somewhere else in the world could actually lift more.
Throughout history the strongest men of the land were often... >Read More
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Learning to Love the Girl in the Mirror
I lost my dad to suicide at the age of five. Shortly... >more
Fully Restored
I was born in Mullingar and I'm the eldest of four children.... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)