CLOVERDALE, Ind. -- Cloverdale High School's assistant basketball coach was diagnosed with a life-changing condition as a teen. It forced him to give up playing basketball - but he didn't let it keep him from the game.
Karl Turk, 37, was diagnosed with transverse myelitis when he was just 14 years old. The condition prevents his spinal cord from sending signals to his brain and lower extremities.
He walks with a cane, but that doesn't stop him from keeping up with his boys.
"I've heard students comment, 'Oh, I forgot you even had an issue,'" said Turk. "I'll fall in practice or something like that, but at the same time I've had students tell me 'Wow, the fact that you keep getting up...' it's gone both ways."
If you ask the players - they'll tell you just how inspiring Coach Turk is.
“There are times I think I can’t go anymore and then I’ll look at him, and I can go another mile,” said Senior Cooper Neese. “He’s been a big inspiration to me.”
Watch the video above for more of Turk’s inspirational story.
