Vick won the Ed Block Courage Award - an award named after a man who advocated in behalf of abused children.
"I've overcome a lot, more than probably one single individual can handle or bear," Vick said. "You ask certain people to walk through my shoes, they probably couldn't do. Probably 95 percent of the people in this world because nobody had to endure what I've been through, situations I've been put in, situations I put myself in and decisions I have made, whether they have been good or bad.
"There's always consequences behind certain things and repercussions behind them, too. And then you have to wake up every day and face the world, whether they perceive you in the right perspective, it's a totally different outlook on you. You have to be strong, believe in yourself, be optimistic. That's what I've been able to do. That's what I display."
As Leslie Smith says in the Article Vick wins award for courage;
Michael Vick, let's talk about just what constitutes more than "one single individual can handle or bear." Is having your skull slammed against cement over and over again too much to bear? Is being hanged or drowned or electrocuted too much to bear? Because you're right - those individuals were not, ultimately, able to bear it.
Did you find it ironic, Michael Vick, that you chose to remove yourself from play last weekend when you injured your thigh? Did it occur to you that a bruised thigh was too much for you to bear, but fractured jaws, broken legs, and gaping skin wounds were not deemed too much to bear for those you were entrusted to care for and protect?
Yet while the football player was stealing headlines, thanks to his injuries and awards, one of Vick's former victims was making news much more quietly. Hector - who was fought repeatedly as part of Vick's dog fighting ring and still has scars to prove it - visited a Minneapolis kindergarten class yesterday. The goal? To break stereotypes around the vicious nature of Pit Bulls.
Sources:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4767825
http://dogtime.com/michael-vick-courage-award.html
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/12/eagles_give_mic.php
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