In middle school, we Asian kids (especially immigrants) were picked on and bullied for a variety of reasons (and sometimes by teachers).  In gym class one day, a few of us decided to form a basketball team (represented by India, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Malaysia).  The other team started to laugh and mock us.

Until we beat them soundly.  

Bigger, Faster, Taller.

No match for will, teamwork, and hours of practicing jumpshots.  

Quicker, Tougher, Smarter.

I’ve never been especially athletic, but once upon a time I had almost unlimited range and played defense like a bat out of hell.  In the history of the universe, an inconsequential day, but for those of us who played, a momentous one, a day of victory, joy, and hope.