"He is resilient, so it's a matter of doing the best he can," said Sampras's coach, Paul Annacone, who has watched Sampras endure back and leg problems through the last few years.
"I've thought about turning back, but then I think what you have to endure back home, and I have to keep moving forward".
The next time you dip your spoon into the sugar bowl or grab a few free packets for your morning coffee, think about this: Untold numbers of people had to cross borders illegally, live in squalid conditions, and endure back-breaking and dangerous work for slave wages for your convenience.
She endured back pain all her life and became depressive, lame and alcoholic.
Last year, Mauer endured back spasms on and off from May until the end of the season.
Over a period of months, Cohen endured back pain and physical therapy to make a comeback.
Just last year, at a school reunion, my Upper West Side friends reminisced about all the muggings they endured back when President Gerald R. Ford was telling us to drop dead.
Mr. Platero, the Salvadoran who was attacked by another Latino, said this isolation compounded the abuse he had endured back home.
Riyan, the son of a taxi driver and a Duane Reade cashier, and his schoolmates said their parents routinely plied them with motivational tales about the trials they endured back home, walking to school barefoot, struggling with hunger, being set back by floods and political unrest.
"If people looked at what they've endured back home, people would give these refugees the benefit of the doubt, which is what they do for every other person who approaches our borders," said a spokeswoman for the Canadian Tamil Congress, Manjula Selvarajah.
The internal company documents I uncovered revealed, among other things, that U.S. authorities were aware of the deplorable living conditions Najlaa workers endured back in 2008.
