| "Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. | | | | the knee and one below. Zanardi's career as a |
| Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When | | | | race car driver was over. But was it? |
| you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit | | | | Fast forward to 2003 and where do we find Alex |
| until you reach it. Never quit." - Bear Bryant | | | | Zanardi? Back in Germany, back in a race car, |
| I don't know if Alex Zanardi has ever heard of | | | | finishing those 13 laps that cost him his career and |
| Bear Bryant, but I can't think of anyone who | | | | almost his life. Not content to just be there, he |
| personifies this quote more. Never heard of | | | | was driving the car at speeds approaching 200 |
| Zanardi? He is a race car driver, a former | | | | mph. Fitted with prosthetic limbs and in cars with |
| champion in the CART series, and an athlete who | | | | hand controls, he has not only been competitive |
| doesn't know the meaning of the word quit. | | | | but has won on the World Touring Car |
| On September 15, 2001 Zanardi was doing what | | | | Championship circuit, and has tested F1 cars for |
| race car drivers do, he was racing the American | | | | BMW. |
| Memorial 500 near Brandenburg, Germany. Leading | | | | So what does this have to do with losing weight |
| the race with 13 laps to go, he had made his final | | | | and getting fit? I can't help thinking of Alex |
| pit stop and was attempting to merge into traffic | | | | Zanardi when things aren't going quite right with |
| when he spun into the path of another driver. | | | | my training, or my nutrition plan isn't helping me |
| Unable to avoid the spinning car, his fellow | | | | lose bodyfat as fast as I want, or I am tempted |
| competitor sliced Zanardi's car in two, claiming | | | | to stay in bed instead of going to the gym. By |
| Zanardi's lower legs in the wreckage. | | | | the grace of God I have two arms to lift with |
| Alex Zanardi almost didn't survive the crash. His | | | | and two legs to run on. Is there anything else I |
| heart stopped beating seven times as doctors | | | | need? |
| saved his life but amputated both legs, one above | | | | |