Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade—the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he shouldn't expect to make the team. We never told him he couldn't do it. We never told him he couldn't do it... so he didn't know. He just did it.
儿子乔伊出生时，是畸形足。医生很确定地说，小乔伊经过治疗，像正常人一样走路是没问题的，但是像正常人一样跑步几乎是不可能的。乔伊三岁前一直与支架和石膏模子形影不离，从未间断过治疗。八岁时，他走路的样子已趋于正常，几乎看不出他的腿曾有过毛病。