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ESPN: A prayer for Donald Driver answered
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<blockquote data-quote="LombardiChick" data-source="post: 340656" data-attributes="member: 3669"><p>Searched - didn't see this (mods please delete if I've screwed up):</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/columns/story?id=6069357" target="_blank">A prayer for Donald Driver answered</a></strong></p><p></p><p><em>It is there, in Driver's hometown of Houston, where you will hear the stories about a kid nicknamed Quickie, who spent part of his childhood homeless and sold drugs to help put food on the table. Houston is where you'll learn about a teenager who one day chose a different path, vowing to his brother that he would "make it." It's where you'll learn about a man who has dedicated the rest of his life being a role model on and off the field. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Just 265 miles separate the Houston home where Driver spent his high school years and Cowboys Stadium, where the wide receiver will run onto the field for Super Bowl XLV next Sunday. But it might have been easier had Driver tried to walk to the moon. That's how unlikely a trip it was. And yet here he stands, prayers answered. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Thus, it shouldn't be a surprise that when the words "Super Bowl" and "Donald Driver" are mentioned in the same sentence around here, tears start to fall.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"If good things are supposed to happen to good people, then great things are supposed to happen to Quickie," said Jim Duffer, one of Driver's high school basketball coaches. "Nobody deserves any of this more than he does." </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LombardiChick, post: 340656, member: 3669"] Searched - didn't see this (mods please delete if I've screwed up): [B][URL="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/columns/story?id=6069357"]A prayer for Donald Driver answered[/URL][/B] [I]It is there, in Driver's hometown of Houston, where you will hear the stories about a kid nicknamed Quickie, who spent part of his childhood homeless and sold drugs to help put food on the table. Houston is where you'll learn about a teenager who one day chose a different path, vowing to his brother that he would "make it." It's where you'll learn about a man who has dedicated the rest of his life being a role model on and off the field. [/I] [I]Just 265 miles separate the Houston home where Driver spent his high school years and Cowboys Stadium, where the wide receiver will run onto the field for Super Bowl XLV next Sunday. But it might have been easier had Driver tried to walk to the moon. That's how unlikely a trip it was. And yet here he stands, prayers answered. [/I] [I]Thus, it shouldn't be a surprise that when the words "Super Bowl" and "Donald Driver" are mentioned in the same sentence around here, tears start to fall. "If good things are supposed to happen to good people, then great things are supposed to happen to Quickie," said Jim Duffer, one of Driver's high school basketball coaches. "Nobody deserves any of this more than he does." [/I] [/QUOTE]
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