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Winningpercent20thoughts 1 699
Winningpercent20thoughts 1 699
A Acandidate
candidate forfor aanews
newsbroadcasters
broadcasterspostpost
was was
rejectedby
rejected by officials
officials since
sincehishis
voice waswas
voice not fit
notforfit for
aa news
newsbroadcaster.
broadcaster.
HeHewas also told that with his obnoxiously long
was also told that with his obnoxiously long
name,
name, hehewould
wouldnever
neverbe be famous.
famous.
He is ???
He is ???
AA little girl - the 20th of 22 children, was
born
born prematurely
prematurely andand her
her survival
survival was
was doubtful.
doubtful.
When
When sheshe was
was 44 years
years old,
old, she
she contracted
contracted double
double
pneumonia
pneumonia and and scarlet
scarlet fever,
fever, which
which left
left her
her with
with aa
paralyzed left leg.
At age 9, she removed the metal
leg
leg brace
brace she
she had
had been
been dependent
dependent on on and
and began
began to to walk
walk
without
without it.it.
By
By 13
13 she
she had
had developed
developed aa rhythmic
rhythmic walk,
walk,
which
which doctors
doctors said
said was
was aa miracle.
miracle.
That
That same
same year
year she
she decided
decided to to become
become aa runner.
runner. SheShe
entered
entered aa race
race and
and came
came in in last.
last. For
For the
the next
next few
few
years
years every
every race
race she
she entered,
entered, sheshe came
came in in last.
last.
Everyone
Everyone told
told her
her to
to quit,
quit, but
but she
she kept
kept on
on running.
running.
One
One day
day she
she actually
actually won
won aa race.
race. And
And then
then another.
another.
From
From then
then on
on she
she won
won every
every race
race she
she entered.
entered.
Eventually
Eventually this
this little
little girl
girl --, went
went on
on
totowin
winthree
threeOlympic
Olympicgoldgoldmedals.
medals.
In 1962, four nervous young musicians played their
first record audition for the executives of the Decca
recording Company.
He said, -
"I never failed once. I invented the light
bulb. It just happened to be a 2000-step process."
A school teacher scolded a boy for not paying
attention to his mathematics and for not being
able to solve simple problems.