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Its Only A MountainThe Story of Rick and Dick
Hoyt

• Richard Hoshino
• Shad Valley Presentation
• July 22nd, 2004

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Outline for Tonights Talk

• Starting the Race
• Constantly Raising the Bar on Yourself
• Dare to Risk
• Running the Race
• Persevering Despite Obstacles
• Attitude more than Aptitude determines Altitude
• Finishing the Race
• Using Your Gifts to Serve and Inspire Others
• Pay It Forward

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Two Pithy Quotes

• Be the Change you want to see in the World
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Most people see things as they are, and ask
  Why?
• But I dream things that never were, and ask Why
  Not?
• - George Bernard Shaw

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Jimmy Akana and Ryan Hreljac
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Dare to Risk

• To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.To
  weep is to risk appearing sentimental.To reach
  for another is to risk involvement.To expose
  your ideas, your dreams, before a crowd is to
  risk their loss.To love is to risk not being
  loved in return.To live is to risk dying.To
  believe is to risk failure.
• But risks must be taken, because the greatest
  hazard in life is to risk nothing.

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Dare to Risk (continued)

• The people who risk nothing, do nothing, have
  nothing, are nothing.
• They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they
  cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
• Chained by their attitudes, they are slaves
  they have forfeited their freedom.
• Only a person who risks is free.

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Biography

• 1816 - His family was forced out of their home.
• 1818 - His mother died.
• 1831 - Failed in business.
• 1832 - Ran for state legislature lost
• 1832 - Lost his job. He wanted to go to law
  school but couldnt get in.
• 1833 - Borrowed some money from a friend to begin
  a business and by the end of the year he was
  bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his life
  paying off this debt.

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Biography (continued)

• 1834 - Ran for state legislature again won.
• 1835 - Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died
  and his heart was broken.
• 1836 - Had a nervous breakdown and was in bed for
  six months.
• 1838 - Sought to become speaker of the state
  legislature defeated
• 1840 - Sought to become elector defeated
• 1843 - Ran for Congress lost

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Biography (continued)

• 1846 - Ran for Congress again won
• 1848 - Ran for re-election to Congress lost
• 1849 - Sought the job of land officer in his home
  state rejected
• 1854 - Ran for Senate of the United States lost
• 1856 - Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at
  his partys national convention got less than
  100 votes.
• 1858 - Ran for U.S. Senate again again he lost

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Biography (continued)

• 1860 - Elected President of the United States
• The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped
  from under me, knocking the other out of the way,
  but I recovered and said to myself, "Its a slip
  and not a fall."
• - Abraham Lincoln

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Pay it Forward

• The human contribution is the essential
  ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself
  to others that we truly live.
• - Ethel Andrus
• We make a living by what we get, but we make a
  life by what we give.
• Winston Churchill

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Rick Hoyt

• Born in 1962 as a Spastic Quadriplegic.
• Communicates using a Special Computer.
• Graduated in 1993 from Boston University,
  becoming one of the only non-vocal quadriplegics
  to graduate from university.
• Currently employed as a developer and consultant
  at Boston College for Eagle Eyes, a system to
  help disabled people operate a wheelchair with
  their eyes.

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The First Race
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The Boston Marathon
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Team Hoyt

• 940 Races Completed, including 22 consecutive
  Boston Marathons.
• Personal Best of 240 in the marathon.
• Biked and Ran across the USA in 1992 (3735 miles
  in 45 consecutive days)
• Created the Hoyt Fund to integrate the
  physically challenged into everyday life (see
  www.teamhoyt.com)

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The Ironman Triathlon

• The Ironman takes place in Kona, Hawaii every
  year. It consists of three events
• 3.8 km SWIM
• 180 km BIKE
• 42.2 km RUN