This story is now more than 25 years old and I have told it more times than I can count, but it hits very differently today.
I was anchoring SportsCenter one afternoon and Lou Holtz was on the show. I was quite excited to talk with him, he had been an icon all of my life.
He was very friendly, asking me all about myself as we walked toward the studio to record an interview. I told him: “Actually, Coach, it’s quite exciting, my wife and I are expecting our first child in the next few weeks.”
He stopped dead in his tracks and put a finger up near my face. And I’ll never forget what he said.
“Young man, the most important thing you can do for a child is make sure every day they know how much you love their mother.”
And, just like that, he started walking again.
Our daughter was born a month later, our son came two years after that. And I have thought about what Lou Holtz said to me that day about a million times since.
RIP Coach, thanks for the best advice anyone ever gave me.
@cdotharrison after yours that rams game over Saint. The final drive of Super Bowl is my conspiracy. Go back and watch. Refs handed that to the Rams. No matter what. First downs all the way down the field
@daily_msu @boilerballlover She’s trying to get around her to her teammates. Yes she should have stopped and waited for her to get out of the way or make a better effort to go around. But hating someone for that is grasping.