Friday; September 1
Are you ready for some football? Well, ready or not, here it comes! Football used to be a fall sport, but with the expansion of the seasons, it is getting an earlier start. Now, mind you, I am not complaining … I’m just saying. When football season rolls around, it takes me back to some happy memories – and not one of them relates to when I was playing. I was too small, too slow and probably too passive to participate in organized ball, but that didn’t stop me from being a big fan. When and where I grew up, there were several teams to follow – one of them being the Miami Dolphins. As a youngster, I was a fan – not just of the Fish, but of their coach as well. Don Shula was a fixture on the football scene during some of my most impressionable years. As I was looking through some quotes by the coach, I came across an interesting one, “You take what’s right in front of you. You want to do the best you can with the opportunities you have.”. As I read this quote, I was taken ba