Goot one, Slef. Hopefully, we can get it back. Some of them already have it, but the rest should have to read Coach Bryant's quotes every day, before & after practice.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 9:31 AM Subject: [RollTideFan] Cold chills...nothing but cold chills! > This, folks, is what's missing in today's version of The Crimson Tide. > > > Slef E. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Bryant, at the pregame meal before Alabama beat Georgia Tech in 1974: > > "Most of you will live another fifty years or more. I hope it's seventy, > but if it's fifty that's still a good life, and what happens today > you'll have to live with the rest of the way. You can't get it back if > you don't win. It's sixty minutes and over. The losers are the ones who > say, 'Oh I wish I could play it again.' You can't play it again. > > Well, you're not really going to have to play sixty minutes. None of > you. The longest play in a game is six and a half seconds. The shortest > play is less than two seconds. That's barely a wink of the eye. You'll > average five seconds a play. Five seconds of total effort, going all > out, giving a hundred percent. You oughta be able to hold your hand in a > fire that long. > > If you're lucky enough to play seventy plays, that amounts to about six > minutes. Six minutes of your time. Out of fifty years, six minutes > doesn't seem like much. But a loser will regret it the rest of his life. > > You've worked a long time for this. You've been playing since you were > in the seventh grade. You go out there in front of all those people and > don't give a hundred percent every play then you're cheating yourself, > and your recruiters, and your parents, and your high school coach, and > everybody whoever helped you. This is what you have been working toward. > ... > > In any big game there are five or six or seven key plays that will > decide the outcome. If you put out for five seconds on every play, > you'll get your share of those key plays. You never know when they'll > come, so you have to go all out every time. > > If you're reckless, and give that extra effort, and every play try a > little harder, you'll see in the films on Monday that it was you who > made those five or six plays that win. Play 'em jaw to jaw, and you'll > win in the fourth quarter. > > I don't think this game is as big for us as it is for Tech. We're on a > longer road. We've got a bigger one next week, and the week after. > Because the next game is always more important if you're going to to the > top. And that's where we're going." > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
