Devin Henderson
Speaker/Magician
Professional Bio
Hi, I’m Devin.
When I was 10 years old, I could juggle a soccer ball 250 times in a row without letting it hit the ground. I asked my dad, “Do you think I could ever get to 1,000?”
My dad – one of the most resilient people I know and a Marine who grew up during the Great Depression – looked at me and said, “You really want to know what I think? No, I don’t think you could.”
He wasn’t being cruel. He loved me. He was being honest because he didn’t want me wasting time on something he believed was humanly impossible. But I refused to believe it.
I kept on. At age 15, I hit 1,259 kicks. But I didn’t stop asking myself, “What else is possible?” My all-time record? 11,241 consecutive kicks over a two-hour period without dropping the ball.
That experience taught me something I’d carry forever:
People may call something impossible—not necessarily because they doubt you, but because they’re limited by their own idea of what’s possible. Sometimes it’s the people who love you most—and sometimes, it’s you.
When I was 10 years old, I could juggle a soccer ball 250 times in a row without letting it hit the ground. I asked my dad, “Do you think I could ever get to 1,000?”
My dad – one of the most resilient people I know and a Marine who grew up during the Great Depression – looked at me and said, “You really want to know what I think? No, I don’t think you could.”
He wasn’t being cruel. He loved me. He was being honest because he didn’t want me wasting time on something he believed was humanly impossible. But I refused to believe it.
I kept on. At age 15, I hit 1,259 kicks. But I didn’t stop asking myself, “What else is possible?” My all-time record? 11,241 consecutive kicks over a two-hour period without dropping the ball.
That experience taught me something I’d carry forever:
People may call something impossible—not necessarily because they doubt you, but because they’re limited by their own idea of what’s possible. Sometimes it’s the people who love you most—and sometimes, it’s you.
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