Great Cassar Article
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Cassar is such a teaching moment for young people, about a lot of values we pay lip service to, but don't live so much: perseverance; sacrifice; determination; faith in oneself, etc.
I'm happy for this fine athlete because he shows us all the way . . .
I often tell this story to anyone who will listen . . . of the gold medalist in the pistol competition in 1936 -- a Czech army officer -- who won the competition shooting with his right hand.
Well, in the Second World War, in combat, in service of his country, he lost his right arm . . .
But won the first Olympics after the war, shooting with his left hand.
If you believe in the Lord, stay humble, and work hard, you can achieve great things . . .
I'll close with Jimmy Valvano's favorite exhortation, which he said he heard in a sermon by an evangelical preacher at a State Fair:
God must love ordinary folks . . . 'cause he made so many of them. But just you look around you at the incredible things ordinary folks do every day.
I'm happy for this fine athlete because he shows us all the way . . .
I often tell this story to anyone who will listen . . . of the gold medalist in the pistol competition in 1936 -- a Czech army officer -- who won the competition shooting with his right hand.
Well, in the Second World War, in combat, in service of his country, he lost his right arm . . .
But won the first Olympics after the war, shooting with his left hand.
If you believe in the Lord, stay humble, and work hard, you can achieve great things . . .
I'll close with Jimmy Valvano's favorite exhortation, which he said he heard in a sermon by an evangelical preacher at a State Fair:
God must love ordinary folks . . . 'cause he made so many of them. But just you look around you at the incredible things ordinary folks do every day.
Color me not shocked Cassar has a super clean diet .... dude doesn't appear to have a pound of fat on him.
Few girls sitting next to a table to me and my buddies at a bar during the match commented on how they don't know a thing about wrestling but said "that Penn State kid should model"
Few girls sitting next to a table to me and my buddies at a bar during the match commented on how they don't know a thing about wrestling but said "that Penn State kid should model"
That shooting story is great. I love the Olympics and its hard to imagine that dedication. I forgot he was Czech
Edit - just googled to read more about him and he was Hungarian and won both after the war. Still, crazy story
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Károly_Takács
