THE GOAL IS THE GOAL
Bobby Dodd, the former great football coach of Georgia Tech, tells the story of a game in which his team was leading 7 – 6 with just a minute to go. He instructed his quarterback not to pass the ball under any conditions. He said, “Whatever you do, hold on to that football; do not pass the ball.” In the next ten or fifteen seconds of play, they moved the ball down the field to within 10 yards of the opposing team’s goal line. As the quarterback began to execute the next play, with the seconds ticking away, he just couldn’t resist, and he threw a pass. As it often happens, the pass was intercepted by a player on the other team. This opponent rushed toward the Georgia Tech goal line. The entire team had given up the chase – except the quarterback who had thrown the pass. He had continued to chase his opponent and somehow was able…
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