... I must have complete trust in my catcher,” he said. “The public might think that I am the great star of the trapeze, but the real star is Joe, my catcher. He has to be there for me with split-second precision and grab me out of the air . . . I have simply to stretch out my arms ... , Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2017), p. 33. 2. Robert A. Jonas, Henri Nouwen: Spirituality and Practice, Orbis Books, 1998. Cited by The Rev. Dr. Casey Baggott, http://day1.org/ ...
... team that chose him was a player you may have heard of, a quarterback named Joe Namath. Think of that--Dave Simmons was the second player chosen by this team after Joe Namath. Quite an accomplishment! His father’s only comment: “How does it feel to be ... have never seen a young person crippled by polio--confined to a wheelchair, or crutches--or even worse, an iron lung. Thank God and Jonas Salk that you have not. It’s a terrible thing to happen to a young person. But the effect on the self-image of the ...
