"I was lucky. My grandmother stepped up for me and said she would take responsibility for me and a compassionate juvenile judge took a chance and gave me one. They were getting ready to send me away to do real time, but they sent me instead to a juvenile alternative day school. And I guess that was the beginning of my turnaround." - Bob Beamon, 1968 Olympic Gold medalist in long jump. World Record holder for 23 years; Olympic Record still stands for phenomenal leap in Mexico City; talking about his early juvenile delinquency and what turned him around.
