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1、TenoftheBestMothersEverSalutetheall-timemastersinmommyingwithforgottentalesoftherearingofquarterbacks,presidents,NobelPrizewinners,andmoreBySeanCunningham10.GloriaConnorsJimmyConnorswon109titles(includingeightGrandSlams)and,alongwithfellowguttyathlete/totaljerkJohnMcEnroe,actuallygotAmeric
2、aexcitedaboutwhitemenintinyshortshittingyellowballs.Noneofitwouldhavehappenedwithouthismother.MommaConnorsstartedcoachingherundersizedboyatagetwoandtaughthimacruciallifelonglesson:Theworldisacruelplace.("See,Jimmy,evenyourownmotherwilldothattoyou,"shereportedlyannouncedwhilewhippingshotspa
3、sthim.)TheearlyabusegaveJimmyapassionthatwasasimpressive(hemadealegendaryruntotheU.S.Opensemifinalsat39)asitwasobnoxious(hefamouslyexpressedhisdisagreementwithacallbygivingthelinesmanthefinger).Jimbosummedupitbestwhenhecreditedherasthepersonwho"mademeaworldchampion."9.LucindaElizabethShawA
4、sanycollegestudentwilltellyou,sometimesthenicestthingparentscandoisprovidefinancialsupportuntiltheirchilddiscoverswhatheorshewantstodo.Ofcourse,thisistakentoanextremewhenthechildinquestion,likeGeorgeBernardShaw,doesn’tknowwhathewantstodountilhe’salmost40.Bornin1856,Shawdidn’tsupporthimself
5、asawriteruntilhebeganworkingasatheatercriticin1895(anddidn’thavehisfirstrealliterarysuccessuntilhewas41,withtheplayTheDevil’sDisciple).SinceDadwasanalcoholicwithaninoperablesquint—societydidnotlookkindlyuponsquintersinthisera—therewasonlyonepersontoturnto:Mom.Herallowance/freehousingkepthi
6、mgoinguntilheestablishedhimselfasoneofthemajorwritersofthetwentiethcentury,winningaNobelPrizeforLiterature(andanOscarfortheMyFairLady-inspiringPygmalion).Herepaidherbytirelesslydefendingwomen’srights.(Luckily,shewasdeadbeforeshecouldwitnesshisless-rousingsenilefinalyears,whenhechampionedJo
7、sephStalin.)8.OliviaManningQuarterbackArchieManningknewhewasontosomethinggoodwhenhemarriedtheOleMissHomecomingQueen,buthadnoideahowmuchhe’dluckedout.InadditiontodoingextensivecharityworkforherhomecityofNewOrleans,shesiredthreeboys:Peyton(SuperBowlMVPquarterbac