Heart of a Champion

When I was in little my family went to Louisville KY to a conference. We toured ChurchHill Downs while there. I understood horse racing and had watched a few Kentucky Derbys on television. Not going to lie, it was pretty exciting to see the grounds. One thing that is embedded in my mind, besides the fact I left crayons in the car and they melted to the seat (sorry mom and dad), was learning about the horse Secretariat. Quick run down on Secretariat. He was a triple crown winner, he won roughly $1,316,808, and set track records for his speed (some are still standing). What a race horse we was! The horse was nicknamed "Big Red" and was known for having a large heart.  After his death, Dr. Thomas Swerczek of the University of Kentucky , performed a necropsy on the horse and found his heart was twice the size of a normal house's heart. To me Secretariat is the poster child of what it means to have a heart of a champion! Very few of us will have a genetic flaw that will make us superstars in athletics. We all can have the heart of a champion though. We can all work extra. We can all not give up and give our best. We can't physically change the size of our hearts but we can make it fuller. How? By being kinder, loving stronger, doing the right thing, setting goals and achieving them, going the extra mile, losing with grace and winning with pose, and mostly never giving up on the goals we have set! Be like Secretariat, have a heart of a champion!


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