Jim Abbott: My Inspiration
Jim Abbott was a major league baseball pitcher who was born without a right hand. He worked through this disability and became a great baseball pitcher, going straight from college to the Majors and pitching a no-hitter. Although he had some lowlights, he will always be remembered as a great pitcher and, more so, and great inspiration to all.
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Jim Abbott
Jim Abbott is proof that anyone can do whatever they want, no matter what. He overcame all odds to become a major league baseball pitcher. No one believed he could do it, but he just kept trying and fighting because HE believed he could do it. In the end, no one could stop him because he wouldn't let anyone.
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James Anthony Abbott (born September 19, 1967 in Flint, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the California Angels, the New York Yankees, the Chicago White Sox, and the Milwaukee Brewers, from to . Abbott is best known for playing despite having been born without a right hand.
He graduated from Flint Central High School and grew up in the East Village area of Flint, Michigan. While with the University of Michigan, Abbott won the James E. Sullivan Award as the nation's best amateur athlete in and won a gold medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was drafted in the first round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft and reached the Majors the next year. He threw a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians in .Jim Abbott Hickoksports Biography Hickoksports Retrieved on 2006-07-28. Abbott retired with a career record of 87 wins and 108 losses, with a 4.25 earned run average.
He currently works as a motivational speaker and near Good Hart, Michigan, along M-119 in the summers with his wife Dana and two children.
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Jim Abbott after winning Olympic Gold.
Jim Abbott links
- Jim Abbott's Official Website
- Famed major league baseball player Jim Abbott, who overcame a birth defect of only one hand. He beat the odds and became an amazing professional baseball pitcher for the Angeles, the New York Yankees, and a Gold Medal Olympian for the American baseball team.
Jim Abbott Books
Nothing to Prove: The Jim Abbott Story
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Sports Great Jim Abbott (Sports Great Books)
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Jim Abbott: Star Pitcher (Millbrook Sports World)
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Jim Abbott pitching for the Angels.
Jim Abbott Quotes
My Favorite Jim Abbott Quotes
"There are millions of people out there ignoring disabilities and accomplishing incredible feats. I learned you can learn to do things differently, but do them just as well. I've learned that it's not the disability that defines you, it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with. And I've learned that we have an obligation to the abilities we DO have, not the disability."
"People will tell you that I overcame obstacles%u2026maybe. But the truth is I was incredibly blessed in my life. More was given than was ever taken away."
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tdove
Thanks for joining G Rated Lense Factory! Posted June 27, 2008 |
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Shankley
A true inspiration who, I am sure, would strongly support the 'softball' initiative and not take no for an answer. Posted June 18, 2008 |
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xtnshun
Very nice lens on Jim Abbott! Posted June 14, 2008 |
