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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Megan Nolette.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm Patrick Woodwood. Spotlight uses a special English method

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<v Speaker 2>of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no

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<v Speaker 2>matter where in the world they live.

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<v Speaker 1>Famous author f Scott Fitzgerald believed someone could only become

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<v Speaker 1>successful in one area of their life. If the person

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<v Speaker 1>was lucky enough to find success, nothing could ever compare

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<v Speaker 1>to it. It would be their life's work. But Fitzgerald

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<v Speaker 1>never met Mike Reid.

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<v Speaker 2>On today's Spotlight, we look at a few people. They

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<v Speaker 2>all achieved amazing success in two different areas of their lives.

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<v Speaker 2>We also examine someone who overcame terrible pain to become

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<v Speaker 2>the best at what he did.

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Reid played American football in college for Penn State University.

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<v Speaker 1>He played on the defensive line. His job was to

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<v Speaker 1>stop the other team from moving the ball forward. He

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<v Speaker 1>was very good at it. During his last year, the

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<v Speaker 1>National Collegiate Athletic Association voted for him as the best

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<v Speaker 1>defensive player in America. The National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals

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<v Speaker 1>picked Reed to be a player. He was one of

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<v Speaker 1>the best defensive players in the league for five years,

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<v Speaker 1>but suddenly he quit.

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<v Speaker 2>Reid was one of the best football players in the world,

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<v Speaker 2>yet he stopped playing. His teammates and fans were shocked,

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<v Speaker 2>but Reid wanted to do something else. He wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>become a musician. He studied music in college. He played

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<v Speaker 2>the piano, a large key instrument. It made a sound

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<v Speaker 2>when the keys were pressed. He wanted to write songs.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of his co which's friends and teammates thought Reid

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<v Speaker 1>was making a mistake. It was very difficult to get

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<v Speaker 1>into the National Football League. The chances of a person

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<v Speaker 1>becoming successful in the music business were also low. But

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<v Speaker 1>for the same person to do both, no one thought

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<v Speaker 1>Reed could do it. However, Reid's father was supportive of

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<v Speaker 1>his career change. Reid later said about his father.

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<v Speaker 3>He was probably the most supportive person in my decision

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<v Speaker 3>to leave football. He hated his job as a railroad worker.

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<v Speaker 3>He could see that music was what I loved.

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<v Speaker 2>Reid struggled at first. It took him years to meet

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<v Speaker 2>the right people in the music business. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee,

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<v Speaker 2>an important city for American music. He played small shows

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<v Speaker 2>by himself to gain attention. He joined several songwriting groups. Finally,

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<v Speaker 2>he became a songwriter for country music singer Ronnie Millsap.

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<v Speaker 2>Millsap gained great success with some of Reed's songs. This

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<v Speaker 2>led to more work for Reed. He would go on

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<v Speaker 2>to write popular songs for other well known singers.

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<v Speaker 1>Reid won a Grammy Award, the highest award in music.

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<v Speaker 1>Performed as a pianist in many music groups. The Nashville

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<v Speaker 1>Songwriters Hall of Fame gave him an award.

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<v Speaker 2>But his greatest accomplishment was writing the music for the

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<v Speaker 2>song I Can't Make You Love Me. Bonnie Rait sang

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<v Speaker 2>the song. It became her most famous work. Alan Chamblin

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<v Speaker 2>wrote the words for the song.

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<v Speaker 4>Chamblin said, one day Reid said, come upstairs where his

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<v Speaker 4>piano was. He sat down and started playing. It was

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<v Speaker 4>some of the best music I had heard. I knew

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<v Speaker 4>it was the best thing I had ever been a

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<v Speaker 4>part of.

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<v Speaker 1>Rolling Stone magazine picked the song I Can't Make You

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<v Speaker 1>Love Me as one of the five hundred greatest songs

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<v Speaker 1>ever written. Bonnie Rait recorded the song in just one try.

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<v Speaker 1>Her singing was soft and sad, yet also strong and powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>Many other singers have recorded the song since Rate made

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<v Speaker 1>it famous. Critics called it one of the finest songs

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<v Speaker 1>written during the second half of the twentieth century, and

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<v Speaker 1>the music was beautifully written by Mike Reid, an X

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<v Speaker 1>and fl Lineman.

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<v Speaker 2>Second acts are not just for famous people. Steve Cobb

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<v Speaker 2>was born and raised in the United States. He joined

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<v Speaker 2>the US Army after he finished high school. After the Army,

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<v Speaker 2>he went to college at George Mason University in Virginia.

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<v Speaker 2>He worked for twelve years, mostly as a computer programmer,

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<v Speaker 2>but it did not satisfy him. He spoke to Spotlight

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<v Speaker 2>about his need to change.

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<v Speaker 5>When I was almost forty years old, I decided I.

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<v Speaker 1>Did not want to work every day on a computer.

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<v Speaker 1>Cobb thought about his earlier jobs. The one he liked

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<v Speaker 1>most was the military, but he was past the age

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<v Speaker 1>limit for the military in America, so Cobb decided to

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<v Speaker 1>become a police officer. He was by far the oldest

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<v Speaker 1>in his class. However, Cob had no trouble keeping up.

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<v Speaker 1>He finished first in his class in the physical fitness category.

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<v Speaker 2>Steve Cobb worked for over twenty three years as a

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<v Speaker 2>police officer. He investigated several different areas of crime, including

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<v Speaker 2>stealing and murder. He finally stopped working as a police

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<v Speaker 2>officer at the age of sixty three.

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<v Speaker 1>Cobb was twice the age of his classmates in police school,

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<v Speaker 1>but he did not let it stop him. Some people

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<v Speaker 1>told him he was too old to be a police officer.

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<v Speaker 1>They said he could not keep up with criminals half

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<v Speaker 1>his age, but Cobb worked his way to being an

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<v Speaker 1>important member of the force. Cob proved that middle age

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<v Speaker 1>was not too late to change careers. He showed that

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<v Speaker 1>experience and strength of character were important in achieving success.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, Forja Singh made Steve Cobb look like a

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<v Speaker 2>young man. Singh was born in bios pinned in Julundu, Punjab,

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<v Speaker 2>in nineteen eleven. He was more than twice Cobb's age

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<v Speaker 2>when he decided to take up running. When Singh was

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<v Speaker 2>eighty three, his fifth son, Cool Deep died. Sing was

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<v Speaker 2>overcome with grief. He started to jog as a way

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<v Speaker 2>of dealing with this loss.

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<v Speaker 1>Six years later he became serious about long distance running.

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<v Speaker 1>At the age of eighty nine, Singh completed the London Marathon.

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<v Speaker 1>This race of forty two kilometers took him six hours

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty four minutes to finish. It was a world

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<v Speaker 1>record for his age.

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<v Speaker 2>He has since run marathons in Toronto, New York and Mumbai.

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<v Speaker 2>He became famous for his races at his age. Singh

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<v Speaker 2>used his fame to raise money for several charities whenever

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<v Speaker 2>he ran marathons. When he turned one hundred, he competed

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<v Speaker 2>in the Ontario Masters Association for Just Singh Invitational Meat.

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<v Speaker 2>This was a competition held in Toronto. He set eight

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<v Speaker 2>world age group records in one day at the meet.

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<v Speaker 2>No one of his age has even tried to beat

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<v Speaker 2>three of these records.

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<v Speaker 1>Sim run Jeet Singh wrote a biography called Foja Sing

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<v Speaker 1>Keeps Going. Sing was a torch bearer at the London

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twelve Olympics. He finally retired from running at one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and one years old.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's still alive and well. He is an inspiration

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<v Speaker 2>to everyone. He said.

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<v Speaker 5>The secret to a long and healthy life is to

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<v Speaker 5>be stress free, be grateful for everything you have, stay

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<v Speaker 5>away from people who are negative, stay smiling, and keep running.

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<v Speaker 2>The writer of this episode was Peter Anderson. The producer

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<v Speaker 2>was Mitcheo Osarki. The voices you heard were from the

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<v Speaker 2>and produced by real people for real people, no matter

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<v Speaker 2>where in the world they live. This episode is called

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<v Speaker 2>a Second Beginning.

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<v Speaker 1>We hope you can join us again for the next

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