Chapter 17

Look for Opportunities to Elevate Others

 

What “gets me up” is my dedication to help others discover more of who they are. Helping others connect what they believe to what they say and do is my motivator.

—RENEE GALLART, NEW HOPE, PA

 

The clock—tick, tick, tick—was winding down to the finish. Less than four minutes remained in the game. Mr. Momentum had changed sidelines and was now proudly wearing Widener blue and yellow. My teammates and I were eagerly and confidently inching closer to winning the 1981 Division III National Football Championship in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. The Dayton Flyers were scrambling to regain the lead they had held so comfortably for three-and-a-half quarters.

Dayton had the ball on its own ...

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