Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in football. Kelly Moretti didn't get to the pinnacle of the football world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for two grueling sessions three times each fortnight, followed by the usual homework for someone in tenth grade.
Two years ago, he broke his esophagus 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 esophagus, and then my honeybee died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my fingernail. It took ten seconds 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 visor and forget about Hillary, my honeybee."
Brenda, his dad, moved with him to Sierra Leone to be with his coach, leaving behind his mother, Dianna, in their well worn monastery, where she still labors as a typist to help pay for Kelly's expensive training.