Rudisha did not go to St Patrick's but he resolved to train with O'Connell after reading about him in a newspaper and then seeing him during a primary school athletics competition, aged 14.
So the story goes, after witnessing a car worker making a mess of a two-tone paint job, he resolved to come up with a solution, working independently and against the advice of his bosses.
He told HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur about what he felt as it happened, the thoughts that went through his mind and how he resolved to fight on with life and not die in Afghanistan.
Both Newton and Pitt counselled Wilberforce to remain in politics, and he resolved to do so "with increased diligence and conscientiousness".
He resolved to get in touch with her, but not without firmly, but respectfully, advising his parents to stay out of it.
The young man wanted to pleat silk three-dimensionally, a technique he resolved — to Lognon's surprise — with marbles to form shapes and later a corrugated tube, not unlike a vacuum cleaner hose.
Though he clashed with manager Alan Shearer and was suspended in 2009, he resolved his differences with the club and played a key role in helping the Magpies gain promotion to the Premier League under Chris Hughton in 2010.
Bale apologized publicly and said he resolved his differences with Hurlbut, explaining that he sometimes has a problem with someone walking on set, and that when the incident took place they continued to work together for a number of hours that day.
Other highlights include how he resolved his differences with Michael Strahan, who wound up writing the foreword to the book; and the team's outrage before the Christmas Eve game with the Jets in 2011 after they saw that their stadium co-tenants covered the Giants mural of their Super Bowl championships.
He resolved these competing needs with a two-story, 1,000-square-foot structure with an atrium cut into the facade and with skylights over a stairwell.
But when a young boy survives Zyklon B inhalation only to be summarily suffocated by a doctor, Saul claims the body to be that of his son, whom he resolves to bury with dignity.
