Perhaps this is the most important lesson an athlete can learn: a narrowing of possibility.
The Foundation's grants are intended to help young athletes learn very important lifelong lessons.
It's not the first time an athlete has learned such news from the media.
I can relate to that because every athlete learns to overcome injuries.
But serious athletes have learned the rewards of pacing themselves.
The recreational athlete must learn to listen to his body, cardiologists advise.
Sports should be fun, but the athletes are learning without even knowing it.
An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing.
Glenn said he hoped that today's athletes could learn from those who came before them.
Most athletes and their families learn to live with such realities.