Qualities of a Hero

How does one become a hero? What is it in a person's characteristics
that determines if the person has all the qualities of greatness? I
don't know for sure, but I sure hope that I have just an ounce of
greatness that Roger Clemens has in his character.

He pitched a spectacular game last night. Just 15 hours after his mother passed away...

I don't know many, probably none actually, that would have had the
strength to perform the same task. He did it for his mother. I love
my mother very much and I just hope that one day I can honor her as
well as Clemens did for his mother. It takes a great man (woman) to
find the strength within to overcome the pain and perform such great
tasks as he did last night. I understood the greatness that the
"Rocket" has performed for the Astros the last two years, but he
ceases to amaze me. Just when I thought the man was at his pinnacle,
he rises even higher.

Sometimes I wonder if I could ever perform a similar task if
necessary. I have never been tested as hard as he was last night, but
I have been tested life. I am relatively sane and still alive, so I
must have successfully passed the tests. There are so few people to
look up to now a days. Clemens is one of the relatively few real
heros left in this world.