by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Achievement, Inspirational Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Peak Performance, Popular, Success
I started luging in 1984. For 24 years I didn’t like the sport of luge. I forced myself to slide because the luge was my ticket to the Olympics. The Olympic dream kept me going. And the dream was always in focus. Whenever I was up at the start tower preparing to...
by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Achievement, Attitude, Inspirational Stories, Motivational Stories, Popular, Success
They call it “The Miracle in Lake Placid.” The date was February 22, 1980 – George Washington’s Birthday. The story of David and Goliath was about to repeat itself. The young, scrawny, inexperienced United States Hockey team was about to face the mighty Soviet Team at...
by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Achievement, Attitude, Inspirational Stories, Motivational Stories, Popular, Success
One day in February of 1972, I turned on the TV and I saw something that changed my life: the Sapporo Winter Olympics. After watching the pageantry of the Opening Ceremonies and the thrilling competitions, I turned to my younger brother Marcelo and said, “I’m going to...
by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Attitude, Inspirational Stories, Motivational Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Popular, Success
A couple of days after finishing my competition at the Salt Lake City Olympics I was sitting in the Olympic Village coffee shop drinking an espresso. There, I met an incredible lady. Ildiko Strehli of Hungary. She was in her mid thirties and I was 39, so we both stood...
by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Attitude, Inspirational Stories, Motivational Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Popular, Success
Back in 1938, Karoly Takacs of the Hungarian Army, was the top pistol shooter in the world. He was expected to win the gold in the 1940 Olympic Games scheduled for Tokyo. Those expectations vanished one terrible day just months before the Olympics. While training on...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 12, 2015 | Achievement, Inspirational Stories, Peak Performance, Success
Hershel Walker and I at the Olympics I got to meet Hershel Walker back in 1992 at the Albertville Winter Olympics. I was competing in the luge and Hershel was competing in the bobsled. Back then Hershel was playing football for the Washington Generals. Hershel tells a...
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