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The Biggest Lie That I’ve Ever Heard
It’s not that simple
“The formula for failure:a few simple errors in judgment repeated every day.
The formula for success: a few simple disciplines practiced every day. ”
— Jim Rohn
Could a professional boxer suffer a severe neck injury and then fight again? Could the boxer become a world champion?
The answer is simple.
Yes.
But how? Or better yet, why?
Vinny Pazienza won a middleweight boxing championship. And not long after, Vinny suffered a career-ending neck injury in a car accident.
Well, at least it should have been a career-ending neck injury.
Vinny’s neck was broken. The doctors told him that he would never walk again. And boxing was certainly off the table.
In the movie based on Vinny’s life, Bleed For This, after the accidents the doctors gave Vinny a choice, either: (1) fuse two of his vertebrae together, allowing him to heal faster but certainly ending his ability to box ever again, or (2) wear a device called a Halo — a circular metal brace screwed directly into his skull — that looked like the top of a dune buggy rigged onto someone’s head.
