The knowledge from the book helped in the coaching of my daughters, but also in the way I worked with others. I purchased the book because I enjoyed reading "Moneyball" when my daughters played softball. At the funeral of John Ayers the letter of tribute from Bill Walsh is read aloud.I'm not a big reader, just an engineer with a long commute. Joe Montana charters a plane to fly a dozen teammates to Amarillo, Texas, to serve as pall-bearers. “It was almost like he was possessed.”…But now it’s 1995, and John Ayers has just died of cancer, at forty-two, and left behind a wife and two children. “I don’t think I’ve ever played against a football player who had more drive and intensity to get to the quarterback,” John Ayers will say, after it’s all over, and he’s been given the game ball by his teammates. He takes his final quick step back and left and times his blow, to stop dead in his tracks the most terrifying force ever launched at an NFL quarterback. Ayers ignores the advice and then learns that Walsh won’t invite him back to training camp…. But now it’s 1987 and Coach Bill Walsh is advising John Ayers to retire. A third quick step and he crouches like one power forward denying another access to the hoop. Another quick step, back and left, and it’s 1986, and he’s injured and on the sidelines when the Giants send Joe Montana to the hospital and the 49ers home on the way to their own Super Bowl victory…. He’s stepping into 1985, when the turf will be fast and he won’t be able to deal with Lawrence Taylor…. And as he slides, he steps to meet his future. The ball is snapped and John Ayers sees Taylor coming, and slides quickly back one step and to his left. But to the few who knew, and watched, it was a thing of beauty. “What John Ayers was doing seemed routine.
And maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have some, too.” I think that's what the writer was saying, that you should hope for courage and try for honor. If you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good. It's who you are and maybe who you want to be.
But honor, that's the real reason for you either do something or you don't. Should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why you're doing something. Didn't at least one of the six hundred guys think about giving up, and joining with the other side? I mean, valley of death that's pretty salty stuff. It all depends on who you are, where you come from. Maybe they know best, but maybe they don't. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake, but you're not supposed to question adults, or your coach or your teacher, because they make the rules.
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