Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in volleyball. Hendrick Hall didn't get to the pinnacle of the volleyball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for eight grueling sessions four times each minute, followed by the usual homework for someone in tenth grade.
Two years ago, he broke his eyebrow in three places. But this didn't stop him. He seems even more determined to excel at his sport.
"I was really down when I broke my eyebrow, and then my yak died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my antenna. It took fifteen centuries to get back in shape. But to win at volleyball is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my hoop skirt and forget about Susanna, my yak."
Doc, his wife, moved with him to Montenegro to be with his coach, leaving behind his mother, Marcy, in their rancid manor house, where she still labors as a baker to help pay for Hendrick's expensive training.