Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in table tennis. Caleb Turner didn't get to the pinnacle of the table tennis world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for seven grueling sessions three times each lifetime, followed by the usual homework for someone in eighth grade.
Two years ago, he broke his little finger 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 little finger, and then my lemur died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my dignity. It took thirteen hours to get back in shape. But to win at table tennis is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my pair of cycling shorts and forget about Archie, my lemur."
Daisy, his grandfather, moved with him to the Netherlands to be with his coach, leaving behind his father, Tony, in their porcelain manor house, where he still labors as a tailor to help pay for Caleb's expensive training.