Don Myer, Despite All The Accolades

Isa sa mga inspirational videos and stories shared to us last KCON 2012 was about Coach Don Myer who had everything coming to him: merits, awards and recognition for stretch of a time coaching NCAA University Basketball teams in the U.S.

Tinagurian siyang isa sa pinakamagaling na Basketball coach and had all the success in his time, sa dami ng mga teams winning left and right under his coaching.

Until... one beautiful afternoon on 2008, turned to a tragedy on the road after a car crash. Dinala siya sa ospital at habang inooperahan, na-discover ng mga doctors na meron siyang terminal cancer. Not just on his liver, but cancer that has spread on his intestines. Plus his lower left leg needed to be amputated from below the knee due to severe bone injuries.

Matapos lamang ang ilang sandali, ang isang magaling na coach working 24/7 – ang taong dumarating sa gym tuwing umaga before 6 A.M—ay natagpuan ang sarili na mag-reflect and to re-examine his priorities at the age of sixy-three.

Natagpuan niya ang sarili na siya pala ay very much disconnected emotionally to his wife habang he is under therapy and continuous treatment. Dagdag pa nito ang kanyang tatlong mga anak –being on their adulthood now—also disconnected sa kanya at realized kung paano sila noon nakikipag-kumpitensiya with his basketball career para sa kanyang atensyon.

In the months after his diagnosis, he seeked spiritual transformation. And despite his physical ordeal, he reached out to family and friends and former players in a way he had never been able to do before. He made sure to use the most of his time to let those close to him feel how they mattered to him -and in turn he received an outpouring of affirmation that confirmed how deeply he had affected others.

He sustained a truly painful recovery, at sa mga times na he had just enough strength, he would return back to the basketball court once more and – realized a newfound appreciation for the game’s place in his life.

Over two years, in his wheelchair he gained his awards and recognitions again for having to win his team numerous times.

But he quoted that it was never the fortune or the trophies and recognition that made him to persevere. It is his love for every young person in his team. Seeing them develop from the beginning of trainings and helping them reach their maximum potential and be the best.  

He retired as a Basketball coach last 2010, and still alive inspiring many people before his meeting with the Lord, our God.

I just want to share a Bible verse about overcoming trials and pushing to persevere:

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

James 1:2-4
 

Coach Don Myer is a subject of a more extensive biography, How Lucky You Can Be: The Story of Coach Don Meyer, written by ESPN baseball analyst Buster Olney.

This inspirational story of a life renewed by unimaginable hardship, How Lucky You Can Be proves that it's never too late to start making changes—and reminds us that fortune can smile upon us even in our most trying hours. Watch the following video below.

 

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