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​Jack Yerman
and His Incredible Journey to the Olympics and Beyond
THE MAN
When Jack was born, his father sat in the local jail. Poverty, an emotionally distant but hardworking mother, a caring community, and a spiritual guide helped him succeed. Several years after the Olympics, Jack asked Mr. Bailey, his former high school basketball coach, why, of all his teammates, he ran faster, traveled the world, played in the Rose Bowl, and graduated from the University of California and Stanford when others who had more talent did not. The coach replied, “It was important to you. You wanted it more than the others.” Jack and Margo once considered shared family decisions and legacy their greatest accomplishment.
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