Why Winners Win

Posted by icemonkey9 on Feb 8, 2010 in General | 1 comment

Today something amazingly awesome happened.  A team that I root for, the New Orleans Saints, won the Super Bowl.  Many of you know my #1 team is the San Diego Chargers, but the Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints have always been the other two teams I root for.  The Bears got to the Super Bowl three years ago and got creamed, while the Chargers got there in 1994 and were crushed.  Many expected the Saints to play hard but in the end, lose to the better team.

A funny thing happened though - the better team did win, and it wasn't the Colts.  It's crazy to think that I'm going to reference the Saints as winners, but for this group of players, that's largely the case.  Two years ago they got to the Championship game and lost (the game before the Super Bowl), then last year had a tough season and didn't make the playoffs.  This year they came back healthy and prepared and went all the way.

But I'm specifically going to reference the title of this post "Why Winners Win" towards one player - Drew Brees.  I was fortunate to watch him play in his first NFL game when I had season tickets to the Chargers and from there his first few years in the league.  Doug Flutie was the starter that first year and Brees played in about 10 minutes that entire season but when he came in, he did great.  The next year he started a promising career.  In college he won.  With the Chargers he won.  And when faced with a potentially career ending shoulder injury and moved to a team with absolutely no history of success - he won.  What we can learn from Drew Brees is that winners, more than anything, are the ones that sometimes persevere the most under the most difficult circumstances.  They also do bring a lot of talent, but also the drive to use it to its maximum potential.  They surround themselves with good and capable people and work towards a common goal.  Food for thought.

We had a Super Bowl party at our place and it was a lot of fun.  In fact, I might even say it was my favorite Super Bowl party I've thrown over the last 10 years since it unofficially became my tradition.  Great people and company, great food, great game.  I wore my Drew Brees jersey (no it's NOT new thank you very much) and my wife wore her Peyton Manning jersey rooting for the Colts.  My wife just became a football fan and grew to admire Manning and his amazing ability, plus the excitement the Colts bring when we watch them play.  I admire her for being a new fan and not just rooting for whatever team just won, but rather the team she admired the most.

Anyways one look at us tells you how we felt about the game, but we really did have a good time of course.  WHO DAT!