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I don’t feel old per se. But you know you’re not the young buck in on the open range when some 14 year old at the gym says, “You could probably guard Kobe couldn’t you?” With hope in his eyes and a glimmer of wonderous awe the youth looks to you as if to a …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character
The best thing you can offer to hurting people may not require postage. Are you offering YOU or just what you have?
Category: Bigger than Me, Character
One of the hallmarks of our humanness has to be the use, misuse or neglect of discretion. It seems like daily we find opportunities to do things or not do things in the best interest of family, our teams, company’s, etc. But the greatest nemesis of a selfless decision is the allure of limelight. It’s …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Team
A battle rages and I mean violently between parents and coaches. It is based in the difference between what parents want and what a coach is hired to do. If you’ll permit me to use my imagination, I presume that from birth proud parents, surrogates and guardians garrison the borders surrounding their children. I’m tempted …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Team
Forgiveness is not an impossibility. Could the world survive without it?
Category: Bigger than Me, Character
I was thinking of the common disclaimer, “I’m no Saint.” Translated, it means, “Please don’t think much of me because I’m not who you think I am.” I’ve heard people say it as recently as about one week ago and what a difference that makes in light of last night’s Superbowl. The interpretations abound when …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character
WATCH: Kurt Warner’s perspective on life after football When Kurt Warner was asked if he’d be like other guys who retire from the NFL then change their minds five months later, it sounded like he’d had 2-3 concussion’s worth of reasons to say, “NO”. He admitted in the press conference that he’d probably miss the …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character
