Perseverance Pays Off

An older “expert” once said of another younger coach, “He possesses minimal football knowledge and lacks motivation.” In case you’re wondering, he was referring to Vince Lombardi. The parents of Enrico Caruso believed his teacher, who said he had “no voice at all, he just cannot sing.” They urged him to be an engineer. Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor for “lack of ideas." Thomas Edison’s teachers gave up on him. They said, “He’s too stupid to do anything.” Before he succeeded, Henry Ford failed and went broke five times. (Charles Swindoll, Kindred Spirit, Vol. 22, Autumn, 1998, p. 3).