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Motivation

To me, few things motivate like a football coach's pregame speech. It's the call of men into battle and the reminder that as a team we can achieve anything. This past summer, I was very fortunate to join my son's football team coaching staff. After several practices and games the boys would chant the following pulled from a Georgia Tech football speech: We're Gonna Fight, til we can't fight no more. Then we'll lie down and bleed a while. We're gonna get back up, And fight some more! Last summer I found that speech motivational, but mainly focused on 12 and 13 year old boys headed out to the Marsh Creek football field. One benefit of the movie "Extraordinary Measures" is the added awareness of Pompe Disease through the stories of patients from around the country. While some of the stories may be a tough read and do not represent Maddie's experience, each of them show an individual or family's faith and commitment to fight, get bac