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Coach LaMonte shares an inspiring - and finger-lickin' good - story about persisting.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Many years ago a man, at the age of 65, was living off of $99 social security checks. He decided it was time to make a change. 

He begin to ask himself 'what do I have that others may benefit from'. His mind went to his fried chicken recipe, which his friends and family loved. 

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He left his home state of Kentucky and traveled throughout the country, attempting to sell his recipe to restaurants. A total of 1,009 restaurants said no. But even after all of the rejections, he persisted.

He believed in himself and his chicken recipe. When he visited restaurant #1,010, he got a YES. 

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His name? Colonel Hartland Sanders. 

You are never too old. so stop thinking you are.

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