Research: Good Examples of the Student Creed

Team Hoyt

Team Hoyt is a very inspirational to so many people. They are a team made up of father and a son. Their names are Dick and Rick Hoyt. Together they run marathons and triathlons. This report is to exemplify the virtues they posses.

Rick was born in1962, when he was born he was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic and cerebral palsy. This was due to a lack of oxygen to his brain at the time of his birth. Dick & Judy Rick’s parents were advised at the time of his birth after they were told about his problems to stick him in an institution because he would never be able to live a normal life. Little did they know that Rick would do wonderful and amazing things in his life. At the age of 13 Rick was able to join public school even though nobody ever thought he would be able to communicate until he got his computer that transmitted his brain waves into words.

In spring of 1977 Rick came to his father Dick that he would like to participate in a 5 mile race for a lacrosse player who had been paralyzed in a horrible car accident. After their first race Rick said to his father, “When I’m running I don’t feel like I’m handicap”. So this started them into their marathon days known as Team Hoyt. Now they have ran in over 1,000 races.

In the preface of Sam Nall’s book he said, “In Dick Hoyt’s world, the only difference between a hill and a mountain is something called attitude and along with their courage and determination, the Hoyt family has conquered many mountains for the past forty years”. This family has overcome so many adversities and had a lot of personal growth.
Another great achievement of Rick’s was when his P.E teacher asked him to come to a college basketball game and noticed a sign that mentioned a race and also about Team Hoyt. It was about a 5 mile race when they showed up the organizers believed that they wouldn’t even make it around the first corner. A man named John Chen said, “As I watched, I cried. There is no better example of god’s love then a father’s love for his son. The father has the body and the son is the heart. One without the other is incomplete.

The Hoyt’s have many virtues that exemplify many virtues that exemplify many things and parts of their lives. The three main ones that I have tried to express in this paper are: overcoming adversity, challenges and Personal growth. I hope that by reading this you have noticed all the things that they have done and how much inspiration this family has given to all marathon runners and just everyone around the world.