Imagine you're 8 years old slowly losing your eyesight, while and many of your fellow 8-year friends could be seen riding bicycles, shooting baskets, or frolicking on nearby playgrounds.

This podcast episode of On the BALL (Best Advice & Life Lessons) hosted by Srini Raghavan, features Lex Gillette. Lex is the best totally blind long and triple jumper in the history of the U.S. Paralympic movement. He is the current world record holder in long jump, a four-time Paralympic medalist, a three-time long jump world champion, and an 18-time national champion. He is an athlete, motivational speaker, and singer song writer.

In this episode, he shares his his advice and lessons on courage in the face of extreme adversity, motivation, optimism, being black while blind and inspiring life lessons.

On the BALL is a podcast show where I focus on extracting best advice and lessons from world-class performers & leaders from various fields, by deconstructing and teasing out their routines, success habits, tactics, techniques, hacks, tricks, secrets and the best advice or life lesson they've ever received.

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