funny thing about Jordan is that he was an absolute stud his senior year and recruited to north carolina. i've always wondered if there was another reason he got cut his junior year. on that note, lebron james was cut from his varsity high school squad as well...of course, he was only 5 years old at the time, but still....

on a serious note, to a large degree overcoming adversity defines a person. i think rudyard kipling nailed it in his poem IF. to paraphrase, success and failure are both imposters and should be treated the same. of course, it's much easier stated than done.