How did a woman with no money, industry experience, or college degree create a $5 billion product line the industry giants missed? How did a mediocre baseball player who couldn't hit worth a darn transform himself into a major league star? How could a graduate student in a single week solve two mathematical problems that had puzzled leading mathematicians for decades? They are stories of the human spirit , of people who have overcome fear, doubt and great adversity to achieve what the rest of the world saw only as "impossible".