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May 7, 2011

DREW BREES IS A STUD!

     Isn't it ironic that we always hear of players complaining about "voluntary" O.T.A.'s until they get locked out...and then everyone's organizing them!  Tony Romo, L.T., Mark Sanchez, Kyle Vanden Bosch, Chad Henne, and Jim Harbaugh even asked Andrew Luck to tutor Colin Kaepernick with his new offense. 
     But, my favorite is Drew Brees.  Not only did he get 40 teammates to come, not only did his wife hand out Capri Sun and cookies after the workout, not only did he lead the workouts as the U.S.A. Today called him a "quasi-coach", but he also paid for the thing!  Trainers, the Tulane staff, the field and even helped some younger teammates afford it.  Yahoo reported the total to be in the five-figure range.  That may be like you or me shelling out $400 of our $40,000 salary, but it's still cool!  And here's why - he's telling the first year rookie that he's as important as Marquez Colston.  He's saying every person on this team matters, so if you can't afford to get down here, I'll take care of it!  And 40 people did!
     Do you remember, as a kid, trying to get 16 or so people together to play baseball at the local field?  Or 20 to play football?  Wasn't always easy!  Can you imagine trying to get 40 professional athletes from around the U.S. to coordinate the schedules, and then planning the whole thing, and then running it?  That's a lot of work!  But, that's what leaders do!  All these guys are leaders!  It would be easy to take some time off and see what happens, but it takes a leader to inspire others to something they might not do on their own.  It takes a leader to organize men.  It takes a leader to step out and get them to work when they don't have to.
     Tim Tebow even looked at the lockout as a time to "get a competitive advantage over more complacent players."  And doesn't that separate leaders from everyone else?  Leaders look at what they can do!  They don't make excuses.  They don't let anything get in the way of the team's goals.  They don't think about not having a season, they want to be prepared for when the season does start!
     And that's why I love football.  Guys like Drew Brees, guys like Tim Tebow, any of these guys who got their teammates to come and workout when they could just sit at home - they inspire me.  Their passion for what they do, their willingness to do whatever it takes, their positive attitude - it applies to every area of life.  And it makes me want to be more like that as a husband, dad, teacher, volunteer - whatever role I'm in.       

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