I'm starting this tread for everyone to join in. To talk about why you love football in general, the Warriors, you're favorite NFL team or whatever. It's all For Love Of The Game.
I know football means something different to everyone, but to me, football mirrors life. The game of football is exactly the same as the game of life. And the lessons it teaches you can be applied to your life every day. Of course, I don’t want to forget this is a game. I’m not trying to make something complicated out of something simple. I enjoy football at its most basic existence, as pure entertainment. I enjoy it for the great players and the great plays. I enjoy the strategy, the game-planning and the preparation. Where it goes deeper, though, can be summed up by one of the greatest football players of all-time. From his autobiography, the late Walter Payton said:
“Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It’s ok to lose, to die, but don’t die without trying, without giving it your best.”
Football means a lot of things to me. I could go into great detail about my comparisons of all aspects of the game of football and the game of life. But I’ll spare you. More than anything, football has taught me to never give up. It has taught me to play all four quarters. Never give up. It takes one play to change the game. That's why they play all 4 quarters. It could take up to the last second to win the game. It has taught me that I will get knocked down, but that I am victorious in getting back up to play again and fight one more time. The victories are great. But the strength gained in learning from the losses is even greater. Legendary Green Bay Packers head football coach Vince Lombardi said:
“The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.”
Isn’t that what football and life are all about?
