Reflection

Sometimes we forget how much we miss Coach. You go around and live life just like he would want, "Miss me, but let me go". That is what I thought of and is what I think of every time I hear something about Coach.

How can we not miss him? He affected so many people. You see people that you met at his funeral or at a random game after his death or you see an old team mate and you can't help but start sharing memories about him.

But the thing that I can never forget or let go is the wisdom that he gave us all. Everyone remembers "Count On Me". Many of the teammates that I see still wear the arm bands that are a constant reminders. Another quote that I remember and really had an effect on me is "An aggressive mistake is better than a passive failure."

This meant to me that you have to do everything that you do with the same passion that Coach did every day of your life. You have to run through the line. Finish in the corners. Say "one more", or pass it to the guy who says it. All of these things are what I saw and realized in the game. But how often do we forget this when we are looking at our normal life?

I skip class, take naps when I should be doing work, I slack off at work. Looking back and remembering what coach said I realize that he would challenge me to be better. Thinking, now that a new day is ahead, how can I make a better tomorrow?

I have to make myself better, live out "Count on Me" and "make an aggressive mistake, not a passive failure." This is my little challenge for all of us. How can we make our lives better? How can we live "count on me" and how can me make that "aggressive mistake"?

Tomorrow's a new day, you have a clean slate. I challenge all of us to make it a better day than the one before.

We miss you Coach, but there are some things that you would never want us to let go.