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So Don Yeager attended our third ever business masterclass.

Now, Don, a great guy is a longtime associate editor for Sports Illustrated, and now an 11-time New York Times bestselling author.

He helped NFL superstar Warwick Dunn write his autobiography titled Running for My Life back in 2008.

It's an inspirational story of tragedy, loss, success, and hope.

I want to share a few pieces of that story and the biggest lesson in it because it

packs in an important lesson that I think all of us should be reminded of here this morning.

So on Thanksgiving night 2007, the crowd in Atlanta's Georgia Dome roared with praise.

With a short burst through the line of scrimmage, Warwick Dunn became the 22nd running back

in NFL history to rush for more than 10,000 yards.

No one ever thought that a player of Warwick size, a mere 5'8, and 180 pounds, would have the strength that withstand 12 years in the NFL having to continually run through walls of 300-pound linemen, much less become one of its all-time

leading rushers. The next smallest person to reach that milestone weighed nearly 20 pounds more,

but Warwick treated his lack in size as he did every other obstacle thrown his way as fuel.

Warwick Dunn was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he was the oldest of six brothers and

sisters.

They all idolized their mother, police officer Betty Smothers.

Betty was forced to work several other part-time jobs to keep her family afloat, but she

always made time to nurture her family.

In high school, when Warwick began getting attention

from scouts all over the country,

his mother, also his best friend and advisor,

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