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"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves." ~ Philippians 2:3
As head football coach of Colorado Buffaloes, I have an intense desire to beat our arch-rival, Nebraska. Unfortunately, when we facing t hem in 1991, we had not won when we played in Lincoln for twenty-three years. So, before the game, I brought the team together and explained that we spend 80 percent of our time thinking about ourselves and 1 4 percent thinking about others. I said, "Men, we're going t o put the final score of the game on sixty footballs, and send them to eac h person you've designated in advance. I'm requiring any player who wants t o get on that airplane to Nebraska to dedicate this game to somebody other than himself. I want you to tell that person that they ought to watch you o n every play. Tell them that you are going to play with all your heart, an d that you're playing this game for them. Then, I wa... |