MysonJoeywasbornwithclubfeet.Thedoctorssaidthatwithtreatmenthewouldbeabletowalk，butwouldneverrunverywell.Thefirstthreeyearsofhislifewas___1___inhospital.Bythetimehewaseight，youwouldn'tknowhehasaproblemwhenyousawhim___2___.
Childreninourneighborhoodalwaysranaround___3___theirplay，andJoeywouldjumpandranandplay，___4___.Wenevertoldhimthatheprobablywouldn'tbe___5___torunliketheotherchildren.Sohedidn'tknow.
In___6___gradehedecidedtojointheschoolrunningteam.Everydayhetrained.Heranmorethananyoftheothers，___7___onlythetopsevenrunnerswouldbechosentorunforthe___8___.Wedidn'ttellhimheprobablywouldnevermaketheteam，sohedidn'tknow.
Heranfourtofivemileeveryday-evenwhenhehadafever.Iwas___9___，soIwentto___10___himafterschool.Ifoundhimrunning___11___.Iaskedhimhowhefelt."Okay，"hesaid.Hehastwomoremilestogo.Yethelookedstraightaheadandkept___12___.
Twoweekslater，thenamesoftheteam___13___wereout.Joeywasnumbersixonthelist.Joeyhad___14___theteam.Hewasinseventhgrade-theothersixteammemberswerealleighthgraders.Wenevertoldhimhecouldn'tdoit…sohedidn'tknow.Hejust___15___it.