Gale Sayers had rushed for more yardage than any back in history. This little man on the football field had rushed for more than nine miles of yardage in his career as a football player. The truth of the matter is, that is how life is. It happens to us all. It happens because life is difficult.
Life is dangerous.
If absolute safety is a basic requirement for life, then being born was a fundamental mistake. The only people I know who have ever achieved anything notable in life are people who have been knocked down but not knocked out, and who have been able and willing to get up each time, dust themselves off, regain their composure, and go at it again. Mickey Mantle in his book talks about his career as a baseball player. He does a little mathematical work. He decides to add up all of the times that he struck out or walked.