One of our local basketball players got hurt in the final four games and broke his leg badly. He is from Conyers, and a great student from Rockdale County High School.
Sunday as I heard and read about Louisville Cardinals basketball player Kevin Ware.
As anyone who follows college basketball surely knows, Ware broke his leg in a horrifying fashion as he landed after leaping to try to block a shot late in the first half of Louisville's game against Duke.
As Ware lay on the court in agony being helped by medical personnel, coaches and players on both teams, as well as spectators in the stadium and, I'm sure, in homes nationwide, reacted with tears and prayers.
But the part of this incident that spurred my own memory, I think, was hearing that Ware's one desire of his teammates was that they carry on and win the game.
It took the Louisville players a few minutes to process what they had seen and understand that their teammate — some referred to him as their brother — would be OK.
Eventually, they were able to move ahead and excel not only at their own tasks, but also at duties that allowed them to make up for the loss of their teammate. I'm sure they wanted to do this in a way that would make it clear to Ware that everything was fine on the court so he could focus on his own healing process off of it.
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