His mom is amazing
"Hines Ward Jr. was born March 8, 1976, in Seoul, South Korea, to Kim and Hines Ward Sr. (Click here for today's sports birthdays.) His parents had met while his dad was a 20-year-old serviceman. Kim was a 25-year-old cashier in her homeland. Hines Sr. had been a high school football star, but began drinking and frittered away any chance at a college scholarship. His younger brother, Wayne, would go on to play for Eddie Robinson at Grambling, so talent was in the family bloodlines.
In 1986, no longer able to handle Hines, Kim sent him to spend the summer with his father and his third wife. It was a rude awakening. Hines Sr. was irate over the disrespect he had shown for his mother, and punished him on a daily basis. When he returned to Atlanta that fall, he was a changed boy.
Hines began to understand the sacrifices Kim was making for him. She would leave their apartment before dawn to prepare airline meals, but breakfast was always on the table for Hines when he woke up. She was home to make him dinner every evening, before going across the street to work at a convenience store. "
http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Ward/Ward_bio.html"• ON ROETHLISBERGERMANIA Ben's a really good kid. I went into Pepi's [a Pittsburgh restaurant], and they offered me a Roethlis-burger. But they said it's no good without that Hines on it."
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/players/01/18/first_person0124/http://www.thecellfreak.com/hines-ward-motorazr-v3a-want-fries-with-that/
