We'll have more on Sam Darnold's odyssey tomorrow AM at Go Long, but wanted to share this from #Vikings great Harrison Smith. He saw it all firsthand.
His words apply to anything in life.
“The reality is, you can learn from experience. You don’t have to just fail all the time. Everyone acts like you’re either the worst or you’re the GOAT. All the dumbass shit that people just come up with. They haven’t spent their professional life committed to improving — that’s going to take failure, that’s going to take times where you get beat. And then people drag you because you aren’t the greatest every play. Whoever everyone says is the GOAT -- Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods -- they all get beat and they all can get embarrassed. It’s just we don't watch those clips.
“They were the best because they found ways to improve and use those as fuel. But that's not sexy. That's not sexy for us to watch a highlight video or a lowlight video of people just losing and then how they improve upon it. And I think Sam is a good example of a guy that just goes to work and he doesn't make too big of a deal of anything."
Here's Steve Kerr when asked what the path moving forward is for the country...
"There should be an appeal to our better angels to look after one another and to recognize what's happening. We're being divided by media for profit, by misinformation. There's so much out there that is really difficult for all of us to reconcile.
In times like these, you have to lean on values and who you are and who you want to be -- either as an individual or as a country. And I think that's the biggest thing."
@elonmusk Your grandpa was a technocrat Nazi sympathizer who moved to South Africa because he liked the politics. You bought Twitter to sow disinformation and try to realize your Bond villain dreams. The world would be better if you went to Mars by yourself tomorrow.
@NickJFuentes Nick... You don't have to do this. Hating minorities, hating women, actively trying to convince people to hurt others, poisoning the minds of boys that feel like victims. Telling your parents would be scary, but I think you'd be a lot happier if you just accepted that you're gay.