This Saturday, Jack Kelly of IrishPennants.com offers us a story about love, purpose, the American dream, and courage. Thank you, Alexey Gvenetadze, for refusing to quit. Thank you, too, Elena, for understanding what matters.

In a similar vein, I have a story about an asthmatic Philadephia kid who never quit until he became what he most wanted to be... then one day, what he wanted changed in an instant. He, too, began on a new path in an foreign world - and succeeded. What does a racehorse named "Silky Sullivan" have to do with both stories? Read and find out.