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No Excuses: What Robert Kubica Taught Me About Starting Over

A brutally honest story of pain, persistence, and the kind of resilience we all need a little more of.

My wife is Polish. She’s not into sports, doesn’t follow celebrities, and rarely brings up public figures. But she openly admires one man: Robert Kubica.

At first, I was curious. Then I paid attention. And it clicked.

Kubica’s story isn’t about fame or trophies. It’s about not giving up. It’s about stubbornness in the best sense. A guy who was nearly killed twice — once in a Formula One crash in 2007, and again in a rally crash in 2011 that left him with 42 fractures and a nearly torn-off arm — and still came back. And not just to drive, but to win Le Mans.

In an interview, he said something that stuck with me: “Everything that happened, happened. And it had meaning.”

He wasn’t trying to sound profound. Just honest. Pain changed him, made him more aware of feelings. But it also left scars — mental and physical…