I am inspired by people being able to overcome adversity.  From sports to Superstorm Sandy, one can see the resiliency of the human spirit and how people can battle throug adversity.  To see these people who have lost everything and still manage to keep an upbeat attitude, it makes you feel that anything is possible.  In football, it seems that every year, someone rises from the pile of obscurity to play a critical role for our team.  Often times, it seems that the media gets swept up in covering all the stars, taking time to cover the people behind the stars only once they accomplish something noteworthy.  I enjoy knowing that that person put in a lot work behind the scenes to get to where they are.  One of my favorite commercials used to run on the Big Ten Network and featured MSu guard Travis Walton running sprints in the Breslin and then looking up to the championship and Final Four banners in the rafters.  He was not the most talented player but you knew he put a lot of work in the offseason because he would look a lot better from season to season.