Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed in their mightiest perfection, as attendants in the retinue of strong passions.
Bio: Robert Eugene "Bob" Richards was a versatile athlete who made three US Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter, and as a decathlete in 1956.
