How do you measure success?  Is it reaching a set of goals professionally, gaining wealth, or enjoying the fame and respect of a pro athlete?  Allow me to share my story.
 
I grew up in Wisconsin, the youngest and only boy of 5 children.  In my first conscionable moments, I realized I had 4 older sisters and no brothers!  For over a decade, my clothes were literally girl hand-me-downs!  I often escaped to my bedroom where a lone picture frame held a quote from Teddy Roosevelt that would define my future… “In life, as in football… Hit The Line Hard!”  In 9th grade, I put on my first helmet.  As a Junior, I became the 1st string inside linebacker and defensive captain for the Fort Atkinson Varsity football team while playing 1st chair French horn for the concert band. I was a good kid, from a good family and from that day onward, in life as in football, I “Hit The Line Hard”.