Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in basketball. Grace Parsons didn't get to the pinnacle of the basketball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for four grueling sessions one time each decade, followed by the usual homework for someone in tenth grade.
Two years ago, she broke her big toe in four places. But this didn't stop her. She seems even more determined to excel at her sport.
"I was really down when I broke my big toe, and then my turkey died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my palm. It took fifteen centuries to get back in shape. But to win at basketball is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my pair of boxing gloves and forget about Jimmy, my turkey."
Wayne, her mom, moved with her to Lebanon to be with her coach, leaving behind her father, Ronald, in their smumpy ranch house, where he still labors as a rubbish collector to help pay for Grace's expensive training.