This is a fairly exciting time of the year for me. As one who really loves football as played by the National Football League, I am in my glory each year during the playoff season. This was a particularly good year since my New York Football Giants managed to win their division title. What a nice turnaround from last year's disastrous losing season. While we did not make it past the first week of the playoffs, it was really neat to see them make it to a game the first round of the playoffs.
Perhaps being a Giant fan came to me both genetically and environmentally. My late father and grandfather were both Giant fans. I guess that my earliest memories are more than 50 years old now. Of course as a Giant fan, there have been more disappointing seasons than championship seasons. But I love them nonetheless.
It is not just the Giants my friends. I like to watch all of the playoff games, and it was during the New England Patriot and Jacksonville Jaguar's wild card game that the title for this visit with you was born. Announcer John Madden was discussing the work ethic of the Patriots with his sidekick Al Michaels. At some point during the fourth quarter, Michaels spoke of a quotation that one of the Patriot team members attributed to Coach Bill Belichick.
That player was quoted as saying that Coach Belichick was often heard to say, "
