Yes, we are a sports site, but this story from Carol Robinson at Al.com is too great not to share.
Lawson State student Walter Carr certainly showed the type of perseverance and work ethic that will allow him to achieve his goal of serving in the Marines. When his car broke down the night before his first day at a moving company, he did the only logical thing: he walked.
Twenty miles, from Homewood to Pelham.
The story gets better from there. Some police officers saw him on the side of the road and picked him up.