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Hello

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F . W . Two . My name is Ryan Penny and

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this year in Tokyo , I represent team

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USa as part of the paralympic cycling

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team in 2012 , I sustained

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a spinal cord injury . In 2013 I became

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part of the F . W . Two program and it

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is a great program that got me to where

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I am today , but I didn't always know

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that I was going to be a hand cyclist

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or even participate in the paralympics .

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But the program allowed me to enjoy

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other sports , enjoy other activities

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and that's what I challenge you to do

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is to find that one thing that makes

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you click to find that thing that makes

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you smile and find that thing that you

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want to go all in at and it doesn't

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mean that you have to have the goal of

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the dream or the aspiration to be a

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paralympic athlete or to be the best

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musician or to even be the best chef in

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the world . All it means is that you

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find that thing that makes you smile ,

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that's part of your recovery . You know ,

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when you do the thing that makes you

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smile , you forget about recovering and

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you just recover . That's the thing

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about what hand cycling did for me is

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when I got out on the road , I felt

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free , I felt happy and it turns

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out that I recovered . You know , I

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still may be in the chair , but it

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doesn't mean that I'm not recovered .

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So with that being said , I just want

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to congratulate you all . First off on

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being here being part of the program

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and now it's time to find that thing

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that makes you smile .

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Mhm . Mhm .