The world, we'd discovered, doesn't love you like your family loves you.
Louis ZamperiniTags: love family world inspiring
The race film had confirmed a dead heat. That was great. But even better, most of the New York press finally learned to spell my name correctly.
Louis ZamperiniSomeone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track and cried like a baby. We lost gracefully. And when someone won, he didn't act like he'd just become king of the world, either. Athletes in my day were simply humble in our victory.
I believe we were more mature then...Maybe it's because the media puts so much pressure on athletes; maybe it's also the money. In my day we competed for the love of the sport...In my day we patted the guy who beat us on the back, wished him well, and that was it.
Tags: sports sportsmanship olympics track
I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.
Louis ZamperiniYet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It's not so strange. Where there's still life, there's still hope. What happens is up to God.
Louis ZamperiniTo live, a man needs food, water, and a sharp mind.
Louis ZamperiniTags: food water live survival sharp-mind
(On surviving on the raft for 47 days) We had truly made it on a wing and prayer.
Louis ZamperiniAll I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could.
Louis ZamperiniTags: hate
(after asking Christ into his heart) I waited. And then, true to His promise, He came into my heart and my life. The moment was more than remarkable; it was the most realistic experience I'd ever had. I'm not sure what I expected; perhaps my life or my sins or a great white light would flash before my eyes; perhaps I'd feel a shock like being hit by a bolt of lightning. Instead, I felt no tremendous sensation, just a weightlessness and an enveloping calm that let me know that Christ had come into my heart.
Louis ZamperiniI was raised to face any challenge.
Louis ZamperiniTags: challenges
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