“Maybe you don’t have to push yourself forward,” writes author Doe Zantamata. “Maybe you just have to stop holding yourself back.” David Ballou can relate to such a sentiment. Born in Indianapolis, Ballou moved to Avon when he was in seventh grade. At the time, he was huge into basketball. Then one day he put on shoulder pads and slammed into somebody on the football field and —boom — he was hooked.