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The Power of Perseverance

Download the episode here These are the notes from today's podcast: Perseverance Quiz – Who are these people based on the hints about them? Listen to the podcast to find out who they are.  1. ? Too short and clumsy to play basketball. Cut from the varsity basketball team. Missed more than 9,000 shots and lost almost 300 games. Considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time.  2. ? Was a shy, timid teenager. His drawings were rejected by his high school yearbook. Is now considered on of the most influential cartoonists of all time. 3. ? Was a defeated boxer and retired. Became a minister and needed to raise money for his youth center. Got back in the ring 10 years after retiring. Was laughed at and not taken seriously because he was 45 years old and 50 pounds overweight. He regained the title and became the oldest heavyweight boxing champion in history. 4. ? He grew up very poor and was a shy loner. He was told he couldn’t sing and to keep his truck driv...