Ch.8

Cathy Davidson traveled to Italy with her husband where she experienced the worst injury of her life. She went to go swim and jump off rocks, but instead she went down the ladder and slipped and fell. When she fell she mangled her arm in the ladder and dislocated many bones in her arm. She went to a hospital in Italy where they set things back into place then she was sent to Duke University's medical staff. She had to have surgery and do physical therapy with other Duke athlete who inspired her to work harder and never give up. She met a taxi driver who drove her to therapy every day who she became close with and inspired him to do some of his own therapy to help some of his pain in his body. Her goal was to get back to being almost 100% or the way she used to be before her injury.

If you set the bar to high it is frustrating and counterproductive, if you set the bar to low it is dull and underachieving. I believe Cathy's argument throughout this whole chapter is that attitude is everything. She was going through a hard time in recovering from a very serious injury and she had to stay positive throughout the whole process to succeed. She had to give herself something to get motivated by each day so she can get herself better and back to being her old self. She used her taxi driver and the inspiration of other athletes going through rehab with her to motivate her each day to get better. She also showed the separation of age and times between people. She showed that if we believe our age controls us it does, but if we that we control it we have a fighting chance. I 100% agree with everything in this chapter because of the way she said she was motivated and inspired by others. As an athlete when you see others working hard you want to work just as hard as them if not harder. When your going through an injury you always need a motivational factor and something to look forward to, to get healthy.