Are you familiar with the story of the marathon runner in Mexico City at the 1968 Olympic games?
Hours behind the runner in front of him, the last marathoner finally entered Olympic stadium. By that time, the drama of the day's event was almost over and most of the spectators had gone home.
But the story of Tanzanian marathoner John Stephen Akwari was still being played out.
Limping into the arena, Akwari grimaced with every step, his knee bleeding and bandaged from an earlier fall. His ragged appearance immediately caught the attention of the remaining crowd, who cheered him on to the finish line.
Why did he stay in the race? What made him endure his injuries to the end?
When asked these questions later, he replied...