If he can overcome the major struggles of race, getting an ivy league education, being admitted to Phi Beta Kappa and playing pro sports (just to name a few) and do it with such pride and dignity and never loosing his "cool" then that just gives me that much more confidence that I myself can overcome whatever challenges life throws my way. ...
These are two well respected organizations in which both agree that interscholastic sports have a major impact on a students" success in later life. ... In response to that, the Minnesota State High School League is quoted saying, "Student-athletes have a higher grade-point average than the average student and are absent from school less."" ...