I just read a fantastic story on CNN that I would like to share. The title of the article is "On the college gridiron, grandad lives a dream, offers a lesson." 61 year old Alan Moore is the football kicker at Faulkner University in Alabama. Moore was a small town kid who began kicking at 12 years old. In high school his talent drew the attention of some of the biggest football universities. He ended up going to a small college because his family could not afford the tuition. His team won the state championship his freshman year but Moore dropped out because the U.S. went to war in Vietnam. He was assigned to the infantry unit and was shipped off for a year. When he returned he began a career in construction and started a family. He has three kids and five grand kids. In 2009 the housing market crashed and 59 year old Alan Moore was laid off. In this tough time Moore moved back to Mississippi and decided he would play college football again. It had been about forty years since he had kicked... Moore bought some old school football square-toed shoes and wrote the word "BELIEVE" across the front went to the field and got to work. Many people thought Moore was joking and laughed at him but "Moore welcomed the naysayers." There will always be people who will think you are crazy and try and put you down. I almost feel like they see a light and want to put it out. Moore is quoted in the article saying "assholes are great motivators"
Moore made the Faulkner University football team. He arrived at Faulkner with his workout gear and BELIEVE shoe. He was there to kick. On September 10th he became the oldest man to ever score a collegiate point. Moore says "I want to show people that they can follow up on what their dream is or finish what they start." His teammates see the word BELIEVE written across his shoe and they understand the true value and meaning of the word. Moore says that Believe is "probably the most powerful word in our vocabulary.
"CNN writer Eliott C. McLaughlin writes "Who couldn't admire a man who kicked in college, left to join the military, fought in Vietnam, worked in construction for almost 40 years, started a family, then went back to college to kick again when a tough economy snatched his job?" Alan Moore is proof that no matter how old you are or where life takes you if you have a dream and passion for something anything is possible.
Check out the article.http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/20/us/football-oldest-college-kicker/index.html?hpt=us_c1
Sorry it has been awhile since I have written but I will be writing soon about my future steps and everything that I have been up to in the U.S. We have a lot to catch up on!
