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You Have a Purpose in 2020: Dealing With Disappointment & Moving Past Setbacks
An Inspiring Leader
Let me clear the air right now. I’m a diehard New York Giants fan. I love the Giants. I love Eli Manning. They’re my favorite football team. Eli Manning is one of my heroes. When I’m watching teams play, when I’m watching the NFL, it’s very hard for me to watch a team who are not the Giants. For whatever reason, I just love watching the Giants and during the regular season I don’t really watch any other team. But there’s one exception to that rule. There’s one player who caught my attention in ways that I can’t even fully describe. Whenever he was playing, he never played on the Giants, but whenever he was playing, I felt compelled to watch him. His name was Junior Seau and he was an American professional football player for a number of teams, including the San Diego Chargers, the Miami Dolphins and the New England Patriots.
It’s rare, even for a professional athlete, for someone to bring that level of energy and passion day in and day out to what they do. I mean, other players in the league said Junior’s literally one of the most passionate players in the history of our planet. He’d wake up his teammates at 4:30 in the morning, before 5:00 in the morning to get ready for the Sunday game. He was a true leader. His go-to signature move was the fist pump…
