Kim Yu-Na first put on skates at the age of 7. Her talent was seen immediately by her skating coach. Soon, she began to train for competitions. Each day, she did 500 sit-ups and ran 6 kilometers. She has successfully won lots of titles at international competitions with brilliant performances. Her ability to overcome obstacles is truly amazing.
In 2007, she was struck by back pain. It was so serious that it wasn¡¯t easy to move freely. But she bravely fought the pain and earned a record-high score at the 2007 World Championships in Tokyo. It was the back pain that make her be stronger. It was the rough Atlantic Ocean that made the British sailors the toughest and most skillful in the world.
The school of adversity produces the most able pupils, and most skillful in the world. The school of adversity produces the most able pupils, and the hill of difficulty is the best of all exercise for the strengthening of mental backbones. Great men can no more be made without trials, than bricks can be made without fire.
Ock Jin-Young merrong86@changwon.ac.kr
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