Foxcatcher by Mark Schultz available for pre-order on Amazon delivered the end of November. Heres an excerpt from the book: The 1978 California State Wrestling Championships was the most miraculous event of my life, even to this day. It made me start thinking that maybe there is a God after all. Coming from a 4-6 record my junior year with only 16 months of wrestling under my belt. I couldnt believe it. Now I was going to college on a full ride. As I was standing on the top of the podium I was wearing the same green sweatshirt my Dad bought me and poured hundreds of gallons of sweat through and it matched Palo Alto Highs colors. When I came back to Palo Alto my Dad threw me a party with a cake, balloons, friends, a banner saying “Congratulations”. It was the first time I felt like Id done something my Dad never imagined I could do. Plus he wouldnt have to pay for college since Id be going to school on a full-ride. So he was happy. By the way, starting at this point in my life I started doing something after every big tournament I’d ever won. It would never be intentional. I only say this looking back as an observer telling a story of what I did. I never made a conscious effort to do this. It just happened naturally. And that is I would eventually have to go to the bathroom, and then I’d usually look into the mirror and when I did I was drawn into it and would stare into my own eyes for about 5 minutes. It was amazing to me, looking into my own eyes right after winning a big tournament. I looked in the mirror in awe and wondered why was it this brain that enabled me to be better than anyone else in the state or nation or world. Wrestling is a combination of technique, conditioning, and luck. Why me? I looked in those newly purified eyes into the soul, wanting to be there and was there. Whatever sins I committed must be forgiven to receive this incredible blessing. I was staring into a freshly baptized by fire soul. I was so thankful and grateful that my past was not punishing me. And that it was the path and past I took that led me here with whatever sins I committed along the way. Now I would do my best to preserve this feeling and use it to achieve even greater heights. I was now full of good pure wholesome happy energy and wanted to look at the brain that gave me this. The brain that God blessed and loved. This was one of his most loved brains. Why me? Others knew as much, worked as hard, wanted it as much (maybe) but there was a difference. This brain was given a gift, an indefinable special edge and I sat and looked for it while I loved myself for who I was, sins and all, I was happy I was me. amazon/Foxcatcher-Brothers-Murder-Madness-Olympic/dp/0525955038/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413244673&sr=8-1&keywords=foxcatcher
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:44:44 +0000