Source: http://blog.alz.org/my-first-memory-of-teamwork-a-former-nfl-player-walks-to-end-alzheimers-for-his-grandfather/
I learned about the concept of teamwork from my grandfather when I started playing youth football in 1992. That year our team was awful, both on the offensive and defensive lines; we went winless the entire season. This made me miserable. I was the biggest and fastest kid on the team but wasn’t even playing in a featured position.
My granddad went to every single one of my games, as he lived just five minutes from where we played. One day he gave me life-changing advice: the oldest and wisest. “You guys need to start working as a team. If the opposing team has the ball, swarm the carrier as one unit!” He saw what needed to be done, and that advice changed the course of my life.
Granddad passed away of complications from Alzheimer’s last year, on my 32nd birthday…
Source: http://blog.alz.org/my-first-memory-of-teamwork-a-former-nfl-player-walks-to-end-alzheimers-for-his-grandfather/
I learned about the concept of teamwork from my grandfather when I started playing youth football in 1992. That year our team was awful, both on the offensive and defensive lines; we went winless the entire season. This made me miserable. I was the biggest and fastest kid on the team but wasn’t even playing in a featured position.
My granddad went to every single one of my games, as he lived just five minutes from where we played. One day he gave me life-changing advice: the oldest and wisest. “You guys need to start working as a team. If the opposing team has the ball, swarm the carrier as one unit!” He saw what needed to be done, and that advice changed the course of my life.
Granddad passed away of complications from Alzheimer’s last year, on my 32nd birthday…
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