‘Small boy has mighty heart’
March 20th, 2008
Denver Post writer Joey Bunch profiles seven-year-old Carsen Main, who plays on his elementary school basketball team. Carsen is two feet tall. He has achondroplasia.
Carsen’s dwarfism means he’ll probably never stand taller than 4 feet, the height of most of the kids he competes against now.
He lives out the words of legendary UCLA coach John Wooden: “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
“I’ve got skills,” Carsen said, tilting his head, lifting an eyebrow and beaming.


