Tom Dempsey was born without half a right foot and only stub of a right
arm.As a boy, he wanted to change Energy in sports as the other boys did. He
had a burning desire to play football. Because of this desire, his parents had
an artificial foot made for him. It was made of wood. The wooden foot was
encased in a special stubby football shoe.Hour after hour, day after day,Tom
would practice kicking the football with his wooden foot. He would try and keep
on trying to make field goals at greater and greater distances. He became so
proficient that he was hired by the New Orleans Saints.
The Screams of 66,910 football fans could be heared throughout the
entire United States when, within the last two seconds of the game,Tom Dempsey-
with his crippled leg-kicked a record-breaking 63 yard field goal. It was the
longest field goal ever kicked in a professional football game. It gave the
Saints a winning score of 19-17 over the Detroit Lions. “ we were beaten by
amiracle,” said Destroit Coach Joseph Schmidt. And to many, it was a miracle an
answer to a prayer.
“ Tom Dempsey Didn’t kick that field goal, God Kicked it” said Lion
Linebacker Wayne Walker. And what are the principles you could apply from the
Tom Dempsey story, whether or not you are physically disabled? They can be
learned and applied by children and adult:
1. Greatness comes
to those who develop a burning desire to achieve high goal.
2. Success is achieved and maintained by those
who try and keep on trying with PMA.
3. To become an
expert achiever in any human activities,it take practice ….practice…..practice.
4. Effort and work
can become fun when you establish specific desirable goal.
5. With every
adversity there is a seed of an equivalent or greater benefit for those who are
motivate with PMA to become achievement.
6. Man’s greatest
power lies in the power of prayer.
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