Life is amazing:
-gyms exist
-Coke Zero exists
-hot girls outnumber even moderately put-together dudes 2000 to 1
-every food item in the world has been hunted and gathered for you (grocery stores)
-you and your wife can drink 4 bottles of wine then smash all night without a condom
-you and your friends can hit the gym then smoke a joint at a John Mayer concert
-you could be working 16 hour days in a coal mine in a third world country breaking your lower back for less than $1
There’s kids who live in wheelchairs. There’s kids born with disabilities. No Prom, no Shoulder Presses, no sleepovers with their best friends staying up until 2AM watching Interstellar.
And you’re not SMASHING the gym like a grateful SAVAGE!? Eating healthy 90% of the time, calling your friends for no reason, CRUSHING it in your career, asking for the promotion, asking out your crush making her your girlfriend then your wife!?
You’re spinning on a sphere in an infinite universe and the fact you’re alive is a 1 in 500 trillion MIRACLE. You’re so lucky it’s absurd and you have nothing to lose :)
On Valentine’s Day 36 years ago, Carl Sagan requested NASA to turn Voyager 1's camera back toward home for one last look.
From 3.7 billion miles away, Voyager captured this image.
Here is how Carl Sagan described it:
“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
In honor of National Girls & Women in Sports Day, we asked some of our @bigten athletes to share advice for the next generation of aspiring athletes 🫶
#NGWSD
Jim Leonard, another front runner for the Giants DC job, shares his coaching philosophy
Leonard, the current DB/Pass Game coordinator for the Broncos, played in the NFL for 7 seasons (2005-14) with the Bills, Ravens, Jets, Broncos, Saints and browns.
Also coached at the collegiate level at his alma mater Wisconsin, serving as DC and interim head coach from 2016-2022.
A bright young football mind.
Jameis Winston is asked about being named QB3 on the Giants' roster behind Russell Wilson and Jaxson Dart:
"As a competitor, you want to be the starter. But I prepare to be the starter, I know I'm a starter in this league.
But you have to be able to be grateful for your role...my role right now is to assist Russ and Jaxson to be the best that they can be while preparing to be the best that I can be.
No matter if I'm 3, 33, this is my first year being number 19, so it's always a first for everything.
I focus on what I would love. And what I would love is for this team to have success."
Huge shoutout to Paul Chryst and Jim Leonard staff for an amazing time at Wisconsin! Wisconsin will always have a special place in my heart!
Mo’iBoy out 🤙🏾
Shoutout to @EAghakhan and all the Boys as they head down to EIU to represent @stevensonhs in this years State Track and Field competition!
Throwback to my last trip to Charleston in May 2019… y’all boys enjoy the moment!! And go ahead and bring back some hardware😁
Thank you to Maema Njongmeta for speaking to our students today during Anti-Racism and Inclusivity Week. We are so grateful for your wise words. "Open our eyes to the boxes and limits we place on ourselves and others." @shspatriot@stevensonhs#patriotpride