"I'm tired, I just did 30 push ups, and I'm tired." says "Big John" Stevens, who is comforted by longtime friend Alex Adams, right, Big John climbed out of his wheelchair to do push-ups during the "Destroy Tilghman" pep rally at the Mayfield High School football stadium on Thursday. Stevens, recovering from a spinal stroke as a freshman, walks with the support of arm crutches on the field at every game as a member of the football team. He suffered a spinal shock during practices his freshman year and was told he would never walk again but has made remarkable progress.