Theodore Roosevelt When we think of Theodore Roosevelt, we think of him as the twenty-sixth President of the United States. However, there was a much bigger picture to this man. A great man was born in New York City on October 27, 1858, this man was Theodore Roosevelt. At an early age, Theodore suffered from asthma and defective vision. Until the age of eleven, he was a sickly, puny, fair-haired, nearsighted lad. His father, Theodore, told him “You have the mind but not the body and without the body the mind cannot go as far as it should. You must make your body.”(Encyclopedia) Theodore worked vigorously in the gymnasium, began boxing lessons, took wrestling instructions, a