Authors  Note- This is the District Writing Assessment piece and it is about the book The Leroy Butler Story. 

Leroy Butler was born with a birth defect on his legs. Doctors said that he be lucky if he would ever walk normally in the future. However that didn’t stop him from going from wheel chair to leg braces to playing for the Packers. In the book Leroy Butler Story it teaches readers that there are no limits and you have to chase your dreams instead of giving up. Even though Leroy Butler was challenged in his childhood he didn’t let that stop his from trying to reach his dreams.

Leroy Butler and anyone that has a problem in their life gets picked on and made fun of and that was another thing that he had to face. Then he used that motivation to reach his dreams; then he was in a accident and was push out of his wheelchair and stood up and he was able to walk. From there on he was running and he was faster than everyone. He was not just walking but he was playing sports and riding his bike. As a kid and in high school Leroy lived in a bad neighborhood with shootings and robberies all the time. Leroy learned to be a better person fighting through all the hard times that he went through.

I can connect this book with Unstoppable a story about Anthony Robles who was born with one leg; became  a NCAA champion wrestler. Just like Leroy he didn't stop, he wanted to reach his goals and he did he kept trying and never thought he was different. When Leroy could finally walk he was faster than everyone else and when Anthony started wrestling, he was the strongest wrestler because he could have more upper body strength because of his missing leg.

These two athletes aren't just role models because there great athletes it is because that there great people. They’re both motivational speakers and help kids that are going to through hard times that they went through. I look up to both of these people for what they overcame and what they did in sports.

In both books it shows the drive that each of them had to keep trying and not giving up. Having a challenge did not stop Leroy from reaching his dreams. That proves that people that have challenges in their life that fight through become better people and great at what there striving for.