Lauren P.

"You are your home." Halfway through my eighth grade year I was at the peak of my distance running career, leading my middle school cross country team and placing first overall in some meets. That's…

Haylee R.

I believe in my disability. My disability is not a chromosomal defect or a learning curve. My disability is not one that

Heather H.

My name is Heather, and I was diagnosed with CF when I was 3-months-old – at a time when doctors did not

Kristal

“We don’t know how strong we are until being strong is the only choice we have.” Hi! My name is Kristal, and

Desmond H.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it. - Heywood Broun I have always believed that the more work you put into something the better the results will be. Sports have always been a huge…

Anthony R.

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan I was diagnosed with

Chris K.

“To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I

Jon

I was never athletically gifted - so I had to work hard for every ability I have today. I started pole vault my freshman year, and eventually had a personal best of 8 feet. As…

Derek H.

“Limits like fears are often just an illusion.” -Michael Jordan I played football for every year I possibly could growing up trying

Leah B.

I dream daily for a cure for CF. When our first grandchild was diagnosed with CF we began our journey into the

Cody

All my life I’ve been told to do this, do that. Through school, from family, from respected members of public. Then I’ll

Sandy

“It will never rain roses: When we want to have more roses, we must plan more roses.” – George Elliot We have

Dryden

“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.” – Tecumseh I was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis

JD

“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” The biggest challenge

John O'Neill

“Life expectancy is just a number – and I always try to prove the doctors wrong.” From the time I was young,

Gabrielle

“The truest heroes have problems and fail – what makes them special is that they continue to stand up and defy the