Travis Roy in Eleven Seconds
A couple of years ago, I read the book Eleven Seconds by Travis Roy. It’s an excellent book about a boy who grew up wanting to play D-I college hockey and eventually make it into the NHL. But that all changed when he broke his neck only eleven seconds into his first shift in his first college game at Boston University. Paul at Kukla’s Korner just posted a link to an article about Roy’s progress eleven years after the accident.
“As I look at my life sitting here in this wheelchair today - I feel very fortunate,” Roy said. “I can’t do physical things, but I can still laugh, still cry, still love people and they me, and still set goals.”
Roy has established the Travis Roy Foundation and written an inspirational book “Eleven Seconds, a Story of Tragedy, Courage and Triumph.”
Roy said having a positive attitude, core values, and respect for others are the keys to success. “Sometimes challenges chase us,” he said. “But I believe we all have an inner spirit that is capable of doing things we never imagined.”
For more information on the Travis Roy Foundation, you can visit their website here. And if you have yet to read his book Eleven Seconds, go get a copy from the library or you could buy a copy online at Amazon
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