Herbie: A young boy walked over a frost covered ground, the sky was gray and his thoughts were clouded. He wore a hooded sweatshirt and basketball shorts. He went into his garage and grabbed his basketball, and then went through his daily routine of shooting into a plastic bucket he used for a hoop. He had nailed it onto the side of his garage and to him it was the same as any other hoop, only the ball just barely fit into it. He liked basketball but had never really played on a team and had rarely played with anyone at all. He was small, even for a seventh grader, and had always thought of himself too short to play basketball. Then one day he got a call from a man named Chuck Todd, Chuck told him how he would like to have him on the team. The boy thought about it for a long time and decided he would give basketball a try. He practiced as hard as he could and Coach Chuck Todd ran the players hard, and encouraged them all to try hard and never give up. When the first game came, to the boys surprise he had made the starting line-up for the seventh grade squad. He was one of the shortest kids in middle school but he played tough because Chuck Todd had taught him how to use his strengths to make up for his weaknesses. His dribbling was below average, but his passing was good. His offense was not very good, but his defense was very good. Thanks to Chuck Todd the boy learned more than just how to play basketball, he learned how things are in life. He learned that you can’t be the best at everything, but if you try hard enough you can do almost anything. The boy was me, Herbie Sisson over three years ago, in the winter of 2008. Much has changed since that first season of basketball, but it will be in my memories forever. Thank you Chuck Todd.
So, from both of us to you; thank you so much Chuck.
You'll always be in our lives as an extremely influential person.
Sincerely,
Alex Grantham & Herbie Sisson
~The Blue Rabbit
