When they were just kids in elementary school, Ben Moser made a promise to his friend Mary Lapkowicz.
Mary had Down syndrome, and while other children didn't always know how to include her, Ben did.
He looked out for her.
He made sure she was picked for games.
And one day, in fourth grade, Ben told Mary something she would remember for years.
He promised to take her to prom.
Then life moved on.
They went to different schools. Years passed. The childhood friends slowly lost touch.
But seven years later, football unexpectedly brought them back into each other's lives.
Ben was now a high school quarterback.
Mary was still the girl he had made a promise to all those years ago.
And Ben hadn't forgotten.
In 2015, he surprised Mary and asked her to prom.
She said yes.
Mary arrived in a beautiful lavender dress, and Ben stood beside her in a matching tie.
They danced.
They smiled.
And a little promise made by a fourth-grade boy became real.
Mary's brother later said Ben's actions had "restored my faith in humanity."
Because keeping a promise is easy when it's convenient.
Keeping one seven years later, when nobody is asking you to...
That's character
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Scottie: "Michael bunched up all of his competitiveness and sort of exposed it out to the world within 12 to 14 years. We saw his whole resume."
Scottie: "When someone like LeBron has to spread that out for 20 plus years, it's not the same drive, it's not the same fight, it's not the same hunger."
Scottie: "It's like talking to someone in the front seat and the back seat they ain't even in the same lane."