There's a story behind my username.
Our family had a small yorkie terrier we all loved and he lived for the first 15 years of my life. He died at 16 years old from kidney failure about 6 years ago. His name was Goliath
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
--Calvin Coolidge