Kevin Ford
Kevin Ford
Kevin Anthony Fordis a retired United States Air Force Colonel and a NASA astronaut. Ford has received a number of special honors and awards, some of which are the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. Ford has also logged more than 5,000 flying hours and also holds FAA commercial certificates for airplanes, helicopters and gliders. Ford has served in many roles at NASA since his selection in July...
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth7 July 1960
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Even when he was sick, you still felt a sense of comfort when he was around. It shows you he not only had a physical presence but a reputation, an aura. I had heard he made it a point to be there on Messier night. Even through the pain and suffering, he was still focused on his responsibilities. It shows character and toughness, too.
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It's nice to know that when we don't play our best, best game, we can get away with a win. Not that we want to do that regularly. But to be able to do that against a New Jersey team when we didn't have our best ballgame, that's certainly encouraging.
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This particular year, the at-large positions were really filled automatically by rules all of the conferences and Notre Dame agreed to.
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He ain't done yet. Plan A is I'm not worried about it. We still have a lot to do yet.
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It looked like to the organization that he wasn't progressing. But in 2004 he blossomed. With him it was a mechanical adjustment that one of his pitching coaches made with him. After that he had more success. Yogi Berra said 50 percent of baseball is 90 percent psychological.
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The injury is not the hard part to deal with,