- "Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all."
- ~1 Timothy 4:15
I was a kindergarten student when I questioned my dad...
Why is our family doing this week after week?
His answer: "So young men get better everyday."
When I interview my father, a truly awesome coach and gamechanger to so many young men, there are many great names who flash across the 2,000 - strong Rare Breed memory: The O'Haras, Ritinis, Chip, The Collins, Wagners, Walshes, Definises...Roddys, Trotters, Algeos, Benders, Greers...Kraynaks, Lagaromisnos... more than I know. I cannot possibly list them all.
While I seek them out, these are so many men my father encourages me to interview. He loves the greats & truly talented that established the Rare Breed Tradition.
But they did not exist without the unsung, hardworking bulldogs. He gives me so many names that did not make the headlines. The ones that also clanged the weights through the coldest months of winter to be better and stronger come the hot and humid dog days of August camp.
And that is the beauty of the Rare Breed. It wasn't just built for the athletic finest.
It was built for the best of men.
Men who established goals and got after it.
And after Football, now they have Family...and hopefully Faith.
May they continue to "Get After It!"
Why is our family doing this week after week?
His answer: "So young men get better everyday."
When I interview my father, a truly awesome coach and gamechanger to so many young men, there are many great names who flash across the 2,000 - strong Rare Breed memory: The O'Haras, Ritinis, Chip, The Collins, Wagners, Walshes, Definises...Roddys, Trotters, Algeos, Benders, Greers...Kraynaks, Lagaromisnos... more than I know. I cannot possibly list them all.
While I seek them out, these are so many men my father encourages me to interview. He loves the greats & truly talented that established the Rare Breed Tradition.
But they did not exist without the unsung, hardworking bulldogs. He gives me so many names that did not make the headlines. The ones that also clanged the weights through the coldest months of winter to be better and stronger come the hot and humid dog days of August camp.
And that is the beauty of the Rare Breed. It wasn't just built for the athletic finest.
It was built for the best of men.
Men who established goals and got after it.
And after Football, now they have Family...and hopefully Faith.
May they continue to "Get After It!"
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