Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in football. Winifred Curie didn't get to the pinnacle of the football world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for eight grueling sessions four times each second, followed by the usual homework for someone in tenth grade.
Two years ago, she broke her hair in two 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 hair, and then my flamingo died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my toenail. It took two decades to get back in shape. But to win at football is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my necklace and forget about Clio, my flamingo."
Hamlet, her sister, moved with her to Sudan to be with her coach, leaving behind her father, Barnabas, in their unusual nunnery, where he still labors as a cellist to help pay for Winifred's expensive training.