“I want to try the impossible to show that it can be done”, these wise words were spoken by Terry Fox during the 1980 Marathon of Hope. Strong, willful, and stubborn, Terry pushed through the seemingly-endless marathon as his chest burned. Fortunately, he knew how to deal with pain. At the early age of 18, Terry was diagnosed with osteosarcoma cancer in his right leg, compelling him to completely change his normal lifestyle forever. As he resiliently dealt with cancer, we shouldn’t simply remember him as the man who got sick and lost a leg. When Terry Fox is mentioned, he should be remembered as the man who lost a leg and took action to fight for others who could potentially or already be suffering from the same struggles. He should be thought …show more content…
of as the man who fought all his life for a cure for cancer and set a path for others to follow in his footsteps. (I think it's done) Fox demonstrated determination, idealism, and bravery when he set out to run across Canada with only one leg. While running, his goal was raising money and promoting awareness for cancer research. A selfless decision that many of us today would immediately register unfeasible even with the benefit of two legs. Unfortunately, in September 1980, he was forced to cut his journey short when cancer had returned to his lungs and further treatment was needed. After dedicating 5,373km and 143 days, on June 28, 1981, Terry Fox passed away at the age of 22. Terry Fox was a very well decorated athlete and member of society.
He played starting guard for both his junior and senior high school basketball team, and although he didn’t make the cut for the first year at Simon Fraser University, he trained to improve his skills and through his persistence and willpower he made the team the very next year. Prior to running the marathon of hope, Fox was no stranger to running for long distances, he was a top member of his high school and university teams. Signifying his talent and hard work, was his handful of medals, and successful runs and marathons. In remembrance of Fox’s accomplishment, The Sports Network named him “Athlete of the Decade” up against the likes of Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky. Despite Terry’s acceleration in athletics, he was known as a courageous and caring student throughout his academic and extracurricular career. He exhibited courage when he committed to running across Canada with a prosthetic leg to raise money so kids would not have to suffer like him. Fox was caring because he talked to and inspired all of the children along the way who were also fighting cancer. (pretty much …show more content…
done) After passing away in 1981, Terry Fox left behind a permanent impact and legacy on Canada.
Primarily, he created inspiration for every single person following his journey. He showed all the hopeless cancer victims that anything and everything is possible. Kids and adults from all over the nation have talked about the motivational effect Fox has made in their lives. When Terry started running in 1980, he wanted to raise one dollar for every Canadian - which at the time was 24 million. Now today, the Terry Fox Foundation has raised over seven hundred million dollars that funds innovative cancer research to mitigate the overall effects of cancer. Moreover, to continue collecting money, over nine thousand Terry Fox Runs are held each year in numerous regions around the world. Furthermore, major breakthroughs have been made with all of the donations. The development of prosthetics has greatly been improving, in 1980, Terry gave his input from experience with the prosthetic leg, and Guy Marte the head of the prosthetics and orthotics department at Chedoke-McMaster Hospital Made changes to incorporate lighter materials to accommodate for improved mechanisms and better shock absorption. His story has been molded into the middle school curriculum so generations will never forget the legacy and inspiration that Fox left
behind. To conclude, Terry Fox was and always will be a significant figure in Canada through his personality, accomplishments, and initiative to make a change. Though he lived a short life, Terry made the most of it, with awards, friends, and positive influences on the whole nation. His life had a beginning and end, yet his legacy and impact will live on forever.
During his high school years, he dominated the track-and-field sport, which was the only sport he was allowed to do. Ray was so good that he even tried out for the 1928 Olympics as a 400meter runner. He came in fourth place, making it into Canada’s team. He didn’t get to compete, however, as a white runner was favoured the place. That didn’t stop him from going to university, and he went to the Milwaukee’s Marquette University in Wisconsin, USA. There, he was able to keep running as part of the Central Relay Team that won the United States National Schoolboy Championships in 1928 and 1929. From there, he was able to be the National Track and Field Champion in 1929. After his university education, he had to go back to Canada to become a porter.
On top of running with his athletes he has competed in numerous running events such as the monument 10k, the Henrico festival dash, Suffolk celebration community 5K run/1 mile walk, and the New Year's Day Resolution 10-K, 5-K, or 1-mile trail run. He runs these events to either help for the cause for example donating to the poor, people with cancer, or people with diseases or he just runs just to have fun. Even at 36 years old he is still competing at track meets just recently he just finished competing at the real deal track and field classic at Boo Williams in Suffolk Virginia. He ran the 200-meter dash and he gathered his all-American team from 1999 and ran the four by 200-meter relay one last time. They all had fun reuniting with each other to run again and they won the adult section of the four by 200-meter relay even if they all ran as slow as a week in jail. After he finishes his running he always comes back to the school to help fundraise for the track and field team.
Terry Fox, he was the greatest, bravest and the most generous man who risked his life for saving thousands of people from cancer. He became the perfect example of seizing a fulfilling life by never giving up to achieving the goal. He was born in Winnipeg Manitoba on July 28 1958. He was a remarkable athlete, yet at the age of eighteen, he found that he had bone cancer. He lost a left leg and he was no longer able to run or move like before; nevertheless, he was inspired by other cancer patients at hospital and promised himself to do something good to the world. His marathon began on April 12, 1980 and he ran 5,373 kilometers in 143 days. Eventually, cancer forced him to stop running, yet he completed his dream of raising one dollar from each of Canada's 24 million people.
The Barkley Marathons are run in the Frozen Head State Park and Natural Area near Oak Ridge in Tennessee. The park is bordered by two prisons and a coal mine and is thirty five minutes away from closest the city. The course consists of a twenty mile loop, which for the most part traces the border of the park. The actual length of the course is an issue of large debate however. The twenty mile figure was derived by the race director from a topographic map. Most that have run the loop feel that it is longer, since the distance associated with elevation change and winding trails isn't taken into account. Some feel that the loop could be as long as twenty six miles. At the other end of the argument is the distance that was derived from a survey crew in who measured the park to make a new map in 1993. The distances they got for many portions of the course were actually shorter than Gary Cantrell had listed them to be. On any account the distance assumes that the runner does not get lost, which is a rarity at the Barkley.
Osteosarcoma is a life- threatening disease but many survivors, like Charlie Lustman use their experience to help others. Charlie Lustman created a 13- song album, Made Me Nuclear, explaining his cancer experience and travels the country sharing his inspirational message. In 2006, an out of the ordinary bump on his jaw was biopsied and determined to be osteosarcoma. He received two major surgeries and chemotherapy. Even without 75% of his jaw, Charlie stayed uplifted and positive. He brings his positivity and inspirations to hospitals, clinics, wellness centers, and schools. (Broderick) Survivors go on to encourage and help other through their cancer experiences and any difficulties they may face.
“Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding”. These were the words that the late Jimmy Valvano gave to his audience at the ESPY Awards on March 3rd 1993. The ESPY Awards are sponsored by ESPN each year for those recognized for their achievement in sports. Almost 21 years ago, “Jimmy V” as he was known gave his speech because he was not told to; rather, he gave his speech because he was qualified to influence a revolution. Jimmy Valvano was a prestigious collegiate basketball coach at North Carolina State University. It was at North Carolina State, where he led his Cinderella team to a national championship in 1983. Just nine years later in 1992 he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer that ultimately claimed his life at the age of 47. Shortly before his tragic death he received the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage. After accepting the first Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the first ESPY awards, Jimmy V went up onto the stage humbled and obviously very weak to deliver something long awaited. Through his effective emotional tone, and overall organization of the speech, Valvano influenced a community to keep on fighting, and never let anything get in the way of chasing ones dreams.
Peter Zucca, a 12 year old from Philadelphia ,Pa. was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer that not only caused him to lose some of his hearing ,but also his right leg. Despite these tough loses he did not give up. He and his mother Dawn Zucca started up the Peter Powerhouse Foundation to help other kids going through what he went through. "The Peter Powerhouse Foundation has raised about 65,000" for the kids that are going through
In conclusion, Terry Fox is a hero because he has shown initiative. From the time he started running and raises money for cancer research to time of his unfortunate death. He did not run all those miles in his amputated leg just to become famous, he started all of it for the poor people who are experiencing cancer and handicapped problems. Because of him, annually Terry Fox run was set and with more than 500 million dollars raised, because of his great determination and the inevitably persistence to stop running, he had save many lives and encourages many people to do so as well achieving the pinnacles of admiration and inspiration.
There are many challenges in life and how they are overcome can separate that person from everyone else. Louis Zamperini in Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand was one of the best runners to ever live and his road to success was not an easy one. Running is not only a sport that requires physical toughness, but requires mental toughness and both of those were key elements that helped Louie Zamperini stay alive.
An ideal image comes into one’s mind when the word hero is heard; a visual is then created of different superheroes or even firefighters saving people, but what about Terry Fox? Terry ran across Canada with an amputated leg to raise awareness and money for people battling with cancer. He is remembered for being a Canadian hero and an inspirational character for everyone. Terry is one of the greatest athletes who would accept and overcome what the world threw at him. Running across Canada was his way of showing the world that he was not going down without putting up a fight.
Although she wears no red badge of courage, she has seen no battlefields, yet her eyes have faced the grim, hellish, satanic, nightmare of war. She has felt the brutal, savage, agonizing pain as if being hit by an M16 Assault Rifle. Sinking her teeth and claws so sharp into the depths of her illness, she has held her own against the world’s most fierce, murderous disease known as cancer. It lives at the base of her brain, throbbing with the red blood of life, trying to escape into the vital parts of her being. Throughout all of this, my cousin Kayla, has shown such strength, determination, courage, lion-heartedness and tenacity. Not only is Kayla a hero, an inspiration, she became a spokesperson for The American Cancer Society and was chosen Hero of Hope class of 2015.
Have you ever heard of the famous cyclist Lance Armstrong? He won many cycling events but he was stripped of some of his major victories. He was so good on his bike that he could practically communicate with it. But sadly he was stripped of his wins for a very serious offence to the Tour de France. After being in cycling for many years, in 1996 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The cancer was very bad and was in his lungs and his brain, meaning there was a good chance he would not survive. He had to have multiple surgeries and go on chemotherapy. Three years after he was diagnosed he came back to win the Tour de France in 1999. He continued to win every year for seven years, from 1999-2005. He won the Tour de France two more times than any other cyclist in history. In 2005 he retired from cycling and made a
This was made possible by Team Impact, which connects people living with fatal diseases to college sports teams. JB receives the opportunity to attend practices, games, and team events. Some of the players even go trick-or-treating with him on Halloween. Team Impact provides a great example of how people should live, giving opportunities to everyone they can. The program has certainly lightened JB’s life and given him the chance to be a part of a team, something that would seem otherwise impossible with his condition.
... things, and will always be and remain a hero in both the "athletic world" and the "world of cancer patients."
Afterwards, I reflected on what I had just done. Analogous to just before starting a race, I channeled anxiety into focus, relaxed, and trusted my training to achieve a specific goal. Among many life skills that I have gained as a competitive ski racer, I learned how to conduct myself under extreme stress and found that simple acts of compassion can often be the best medicine. Riley’s incident opened my eyes to a career in medicine, where I recognized the same skills I learned as a competitive ski racer in the Cal Sports Medicine physicians I have