Parents are often the very first sponsors of great athletes. Snowboarder Toby Dawson was adopted from a South Korean orphanage by parents who happened to be crazy about skiing. They made his new life and passion possible. Shani Davis, speed skater, thanked his mom, a single parent, who worked two jobs to make his gold medal dreams come true. The parents of figure skaters Sarah and Emily Hughes gave not one but two daughters to the sport.
There are parents at all levels of sport, who watch at the sidelines, who cheer and cry, who drive kids to practice, who give up money and family time to try and make their kids' dreams come true. It's a great thing parents do. So kids can do great things, too.