I always thought that professional players had it easy and that the money comes and they don't care. I am sooo wrong.
I have a brother that is a freshman at Western Kentucky University and got a full ride as a Punter/Place Kicker. I am amazed at how much dedication and drive he has. He knows that he has to work day in and day out to make it through 4 years of what is essentially hell to make it just out of college. After that you have to work your ass off to get noticed and then KEEP your job in the NFL if you even get there.. A reporter came out and followed him around for a couple of days and part of that was a "What a day looks like" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x-sK0_YkDw Dedication, victory, agony... it is all there... Yeah some lose it and become egomaniacs but for every T.O. and PacMan there is a Payton Manning, Steve McNair(RIP), and a Eddie George... true, warrior athletes. (BTW you can tell I like football and Nashville...:-) J.J. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, G Money<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How many pros would play if they had to do it for free? > > > Every single one of them has played their sport for free longer than they've > ever played it for money. > > keep that in mind. > > >> Play a game >> with THOSE guys and you'd HAVE. A. GAME. There's your team. Guys >> who'd play for nothing and go to work as meat packers after the game. > > > You mean like they did before someone offered to pay them for it? And you > want to begrudge them because they said "Ok, if you want to pay me, that's > fine!" > > Money can change people, I won't deny that...but don't deny the real work > and dedication that was required for them to get where they are. > > -- > Somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go > May lie a reason you were alive that you'll never know > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300073 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
