Redemption A Rebellious Spirit, a Praying Mother, and the Unlikely Path to Olympic Gold

Unlikely, is a very good description of the life story of this young athlete.  In a story that pulls very few punches, we follow Bryan as he starts out with a fairly good family life until things begin to fall apart.  Suddenly its all taken away and that's where the rebellion begins to take over; that and a huge anger.  The one thing that begins to turn his life around is his introduction to track and field.  What kicks it up a notch higher is his commitment to Jesus, when it finally comes and is real.  His mother, keeps praying during all of this and telling him what God has told her about Bryan and the Olympics; which really irritated him & he didn't believe for many years. This is a very well written story with much inside information on the "world" of track and field"  and competing.  I really like the way that he begins to make a parallel between the discipline he HAD to learn and the way some of those helped him in the spiritual areas of his life and his relationships, with God and his family and the people that became a part of his life.
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