Please forgive me...

I really tried to avoid this...

I know you’ve had enough...

So...

I really don’t want to talk about this directly...

So...

Let’s try it indirectly...

There’s this box, you see...

It’s a sports box...

A box that commentators put athletes into...

Things like...

Pressure...

The media is obsessed about pressure...

Athletes are always under this kind of pressure...

And that kind of pressure...

Or so they say...

Pressure, pressure, pressure...

And that obsession leads to...

Overanalyzation...

Making things more complicated than they really are...

Some of the things they ask athletes...

No wonder why they get ticked at times...

Like I said...

Overanalyzation...

Some of these media peeps...

They have too much think time...

K.I.S.S...

Keep it simple, Stu...

So...

Let’s get back to that box...

Here’s my point...

Some athletes can’t be put into your standard sports box...

As a matter of fact...

I am thinking of one right now...

And...

Just so you don’t throw tomatoes at me...

I won’t mention any names for now...

This particular athlete plays football...

He takes snaps from the center position...

And he is stationed near the Rocky Mountains...

Get my drift???

And it totally cracks me up when he is interviewed...

And when he is analyzed...

They keep trying to put him into their sports box...

They talk about the pressure...

He ignores it...

They ask about his play...

He defers to his teammates...

This guy is different...

He understands the bigger picture...

He knows it’s not about him...

It's about HIM...

He just lets things come as they may...

In a way, he’s unflappable...

No matter what people say about him...

He just continues to do what he does...

As best he can...

Win or lose...

He knows where his bread is buttered...

From above...

Not on the football field...

Yet these analysts and naysayers continue on...

What makes this guy tick???

And when he tells them...

Many will say...

“He just needs to keep “that” to himself...”

And just like those silly end zone dances...

“His schtick is just his way of getting attention...”

And by the way...

“Sports and 'that' don’t mix...”

But this is what they don’t get...

Sports and “that" DO mix for him...

Sports and “that” are the essence of him...

That is who he is...

He’s not what many make him out to be...

He understand the bigger picture...

He gets a bigger kick out of building a hospital...

And a bigger kick out of being a humanitarian...

The game is just the cherry on top...

Check that...

It’s not the cherry...

It’s the vehicle...

It’s how he gets to where he’s going...

And then we hear things like...

“HE” has more important things than who wins...

Well...

Yes, “HE” does...

And that’s not the point...

Why can’t a person just be thankful for his blessings???

Did you ever consider that???

Being as thankful for scoring a touchdown...

Or winning a game...

As you are for the food you are about to partake...

Or for the other blessings in your life...

It’s as simple as that...

Now...

Back to the media mouths and naysayers...

One proclaimed...

He was under pressure all week long before the game...

Sorry, fella...

No he wasn’t...

Again...

He understands the bigger picture...

It’s not about football...

He doesn’t worry about pressure...

He just does the best he can...

And leaves the results to his higher power...

​You see...

​With him...

There is no box...

It’s not about Tim...

.

It’s about HIM...

He is thankful for his blessings...

And he learns from his mistakes...

It’s as simple as that..

.

Trust me...

It’s as simple as that...

dvt

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