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Martin wouldn't change his tough days

By David Newton
ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Julian Martin propped his 5-year-old son between his legs in the driver's seat of the Pontiac Firebird and told him to steer as they raced down a narrow dirt road in the backwoods of Arkansas toward a one-lane wooden bridge. The closer they got to the bridge, the more horrified the boy became. Less than 25 yards away, he was nearly in tears, screaming, "I can't do it! I can't do it!" "Well, we'll wreck!" replied the father, a man the son worshiped more than any other. The son, now 50, clea ...

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