Perseverance: Coach Don Meyer

Here’s a powerful and inspiring story from the recent ESPN Espy Awards — Northern State University (S.D.) men’s basketball coach Don Meyer was awarded the Jimmy Valvano Award for Peseverance, after surviving and eventually losing a leg to a horrific traffic accident, and undergoing treatment for liver and intestinal cancer that was discovered during the trauma surgery. Meyer coached last season primarily from a wheel chair, and broke the national record for most career wins in men’s college basketball — toughness and dedication.

In his acceptance speech, he said that the experience taught him that “peace is not the absence of trouble, trials, and torment, but calm in the midst of them.” Good stuff.

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http://nsuwolvesathletics.com/news/2009/7/21/MBB_0721090257.aspx?path=mbball