Finding a higher purpose.(Good Guys--David Carr, Texans)(Brief Article)

After his third child was born in January, Texans quarterback David Carr had a strange feeling. "Here was a healthy baby, and 1 always thought I would need to do something in my life to help a family member, just like Boomer Esiason and Doug Flutie had to do with one of their kids," he says. "I knew their efforts had, in turn, helped millions. But my kids were healthy."

A week later, Carr's first child, Austin, 4, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.

Carr and his wife, Melody, already have initiated planning for a foundation to raise money for juvenile diabetes and increase public awareness about the disease. Austin receives two insulin shots daily and is ...