When Andra Rush started her trucking company, all she had was an old van, two used pick-up trucks and the simple certainty of a 23-year-old girl．But she planned to make her fortune in about four years to 1 her true goal：dealing with poverty on Native American reservations across North America．“I thought I could retire by the time I was 27,”says Rush,“At that age, you don't know 2 you don't know．”
Rush is 49 now and 3 working hard．Her tiny start-up just outside Detroit has 4 to a ＄400 million North American business．Today Rush is a(an) 5 not only for Native Americans but also for women in the male-controlled world of trucking．
Rush was 6 30 miles outside Detroit．When the teenage Rush visited the reservation for the first time, she was 7 by the poverty and lack of hope．“I really wanted to 8 ”she says．
She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1982．She took a nursing job with a 9 pay and then practiced at an air goods company, 10 the speed of package pickups and deliveries made a little more a little more profits．“I thought I could do that 11 ,”Rush says．
Within six months, Rush had ten employees, and clients(客户) 12 Ford and GM were paying her to 13 small packages from the airport．Ford was the first to offer her a job trucking parts between its plants and supplier．
By 2001, many of Rush's 1,000 employees were Native Americans, working alongside people of every 14 But she felt she hadn't done enough． 15 she joined forces with a Canadian parts maker to design and gather auto components．
She located the plants near reservations, 16 opportunities where they were needed most．By 2009, her auto parts business was earning ＄370 million 17 ．
She's come a long way from the 18 23-year-old who thought“the cash would just roll in．”But Rush wouldn't change a thing：“I love my job,”she says．“I 19 the fact that you can start to get some motivation and keep 20 yourself－and then suddenly you lift your head and it's been 25 years”
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
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