Play Ball!

Three foot tall motivational speaker Sean Stephenson, of La Grange, Illinois, hands the ball to Chicago White Sox pitcher John Danks after he threw out the first pitch at U. S. Cellular Field before the start of recent game between the Chicago White Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays in Chicago. Sean Stephenson profile here . (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Question: Do you know someone who has overcome great obstacles that life has thrown at them — and prospered?