Mario Lemieux: Selfless Hero He signs. He steps on the ice. He shoots. He scores! Mario Lemieux, a selfless hero, surely knows how to leave a lasting first impression on the hockey fans of Pittsburgh by being one of the only people to score on his first shift of his first game his first time in the NHL. His success is just beginning, however, because Mario does not just get the nickname “Super Mario” for nothing! Mario Lemieux persisted through injuries to inspire young children, donated to charities and founded organizations to keep them healthy, and kept their dreams alive by saving their city’s hockey team. Mario’s world revolved around hockey, and the hockey world eventually revolved around Mario. Mario Lemieux was born on October 5th, 1965, and eventually dropped out of school at age seventeen to focus more on junior hockey where he felt at home. Lemieux grew up in Montreal, Quebec, with parents that were both very supportive and two brothers that helped him learn how to …show more content…
He lived by this quote throughout his career and it is what made him so successful. Mario had so many struggles to overcome and didn’t take any opportunity that he had for granted. He fed off of the pressure and thrived when everyone was depending on him. If he was put into the situation where the championship game was deadlocked at 0-0 depended on him on a breakaway against the goalie, he’d love nothing more than everyone’s eyes in the building to be on him. He never let the opinions of others get to him because he knew what his limits were and the way to achieve them. Every day was a great day for hockey for Mario because he grew up falling in love with the sport. Mario knew his values. He knew that nothing was worth complaining about. He used rough “set-backs” that he was experiencing with his health to launch him even farther into