Inspirations - Thursday, October 9, 2014

I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say "We'll just have to see."

Dick Fosbury, who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1968 Mexico games after he invented a revolutionary high-jump technique.

Note: Those who were here and following the 1968 Olympics will recall that the "Fosbury Flop" was anything but a flop!