The New York Giants: A Dream to Remember
When you see Benjamin Franklin holding a New York Giants football jersey, you know something special happened.
The Giants won Superbowl XLII.
No one believed they could pull off the win. The whole world wrote them off like a big tax deduction. Before the game, the New York Giants were thought of nothing more than Giant speed bumps for their undefeated opponent, the New England Patriots.
What actually happened on Sunday shocked the world. I remember watching the game, and watching the Giants slowly march up the field on offense for a field goal. You could see the Giants actually believed they were going to win. The running backs were carrying defenders on their backs. The receivers were making plays that eluded them in the beginning of the season. And the Giant defense played like savages, savage superheroes. They all came to play.
I remember the score at halftime being 7 to 3, Patriots lead. Even though the Giants were behind in score, the Giants were dominating. I’ve never seen them play like that. I could only think,
“These guys might actually pull this off.”
Watching the game was surreal. I was jumping around the TV yelling and screaming. With the window open, you could hear the rest of New York watching the game, banging on walls, and yelling not so great things about the Patriots. You have to love New Yorker’s choice of words. Just use your imagination.
I didn’t remember all this fuss when the Giants were in the Superbowl seven years earlier. Everybody was watching this game, even people who never watch football at all. I think everyone was able to relate to the Giants. At some point in your life the world said
you are a Giant underdog
you are supposed to fail
you are supposed to back down
you are a Giant loser
The Giants showed us that it doesn’t have to go down like that. Their last drive for the winning touchdown was not supposed to happen, but the Giants showed us that words like
impossible
unbeatable
unstoppable
are just words. The impossible is possible.
The Giants showed the world what is possible, not only for their football season, but for our lives as well.
Now I see more than ever that it is possible to change and improve myself. It is possible to get what you want in life.
You just need
A Giant heart. You can’t measure heart. You can’t touch it. You can’t buy it either. But you know when someone has heart. I know the Giants have it. They had the determination to fulfill their destiny. You can be phenomenal athlete, or a gifted writer, but physical prowess and intellect only take you so far. Passion and determination is what puts you over the top.
A Giant dream. The Giants knew exactly what they had to do to accomplish their dream. If you expect to accomplish yours, you have to know what you want. Determination without direction is a recipe for disaster. However, it is not enough to just know your mission. Be your mission. Be your dream. Everyday.
A Giant team. Every single player on the Giants had the same dream of winning the Superbowl, but each player could not have accomplished that by themselves. It took a Giant team to win. You may think you don’t need a team to accomplish an individual goal like writing a book or learning a new language, but nothing could be further from the truth. You need to surround yourself with people that have similar goals in order to accomplish yours. Everyone starts out as a rookie in life. It is up to you to find life’s veterans and absorb their wisdom.
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