... . There was a special look of triumph on her face as she stood there. She had achieved something very, very special. And on the side of the road was a motorcycle policeman. He had his plastic helmet up and a huge white handkerchief wiping his eyes. Peter Ueberroth states flatly: "This young lady ... was the finest and strongest athlete that I ever saw."2 It takes real strength not to get trapped by your body, weak or strong. It takes real strength not to get trapped by your anger or your emotions. It takes ...
2. Climbing a Majestic Mountain
Illustration
Alan Loy McGinnis
... Munich a tragedy and the fiscal disaster in Montreal, which left the government one billion dollars in debt. But the U.S. games proved to be a smashing success, in large part due to Peter Ueberroth, the forty-two-year-old optimist who masterminded the triumph and turned in a surplus of more than $200 million. Ueberroth made speech after speech to the 72,000 Olympic workers (about half of them volunteers) about how together they had to climb a majestic mountain. Such language might sound corny to some, but ...
... he plodded along. Suddenly I realized that there really is a providence of God in our lives. He does care for each of us and will exchange our weakness and weariness for his power to soar when we need, to run as we must, and to walk all the time. Peter Ueberroth was in charge of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Someone asked him about the defining moment in the Olympics for him. They expected him to relate a story of a great athlete with sinewy muscles and years of training. But ...
