I think what stands out is that Terry never gives up and is willing to risk his life to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research and help all the kids with cancer (he is so generous and brave). But I still think is stubborn because when people tell him to stop going (safety reasons), he refuses to stop because he has some hope that he will make it and raise money to cure cancer. Before he died (which was in 1981), he told everyone to keep going for him, and that is why there is a Terry Fox Run.