I would not change one moment of this journey! “I first want to thank the San Jose Sports Authority and Special Olympics Northern California for this wholehearted honor of tonight and this moment. I stand here in this moment truly feeling I am in a dream since my birth was, in itself, a competition to simply survive. I must say the story that has been written for my feet to travel is no tall tale but one of survival, strength, and smiles. It is no lie that indeed it takes a village to raise a heroic rebel like myself. At a table in which I am honored to sit at tonight, I have nine Hall of Famers who have taught me the following: never to give up while looking upward and onward, always appreciate and look at my feet and HALT when needed, and to keep my head up on a bike while competing with authority. I also have a friendship of many years with memories so magnificent as well as a hero who reminds me to be myself. I have been very fortunate to attend many sports events here at the SAP Center as well as AT&T Park, but my favorite sporting memory would have to be the chance that I got to tour Candlestick Park. I also have been able to advocate for people with differabilities (because we all are different and have abilities) for what seems to be my whole life. I would not change one moment of this journey I have been on and continue to be on. Special Olympics has not only been a privilege and honor to participate in for the last 30 plus years, but also a routine of purpose that inspires me to see the lights of humanity in a world full of shadows. Whether I win a medal, a ribbon, or simply a compliment, I feel Special Olympics is truly the closest avenue to ideal utopia for there are always smiles and friendships forming both on the sidelines and inside the lines of competition. In both life and my Special Olympics experiences, I have simply given my best effort to make each day worth a memory. Whether it is writing a poem or riding a bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles every first week in June with 2,500 other bicycling heroes, I strive to make not only a difference but a POSITIVE DIFFERENCE in this
world. Edgar Allan Poe once said that ‘With my poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.’ Well for a moment, please explore my passion of THIS MOMENT... THIS MOMENT In the world and the lives we lead daily, the best are praised on while the weak feel worse. But I am here in this moment of glee, as a differable soul with strength’s burst. I have claimed first, second, and third places. As well as a few not so stellar days. But hey, the gloom’s
darks brighten joy’s graces, since upward and onward brings hope, not craze. My story may have been written beforehand, but this moment is quite a loved climax. Of many both now and then that are grand, so know I am me, and I dislike stats. Overcoming expectations makes me appreciate the road that I have walked, which makes me love this moment of beauty. So here I stand with all my smiles unlocked. So let me tell you all here, I feel I have won some, while having encountered loss, but I’m most proud of this moment. The truest words I shall always live by shall be, ‘Let me win; if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.’ As Ellen says: “Be kind to one another.” Thank you once again sincerely.” - Kristofer Peterson
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