Congratulations to the Giants & their fans! I am a Giants fan actually (and not just because they won!) because my dad is one of the biggest giant's fans out there! (but I'm not solely a giants fan! my mom is a Redskins fan so I like them too!! and I love the Colts because I really admire Tony Dungy!! and I also root for the Panthers, no explanation needed there).My dad was so excited during this game and the suspenseful ending! What a great game!!! I think it was probably my favorite SuperBowl game I've ever watched - it was history in the making no matter who won. The win would either mean an undefeated season for the patriots, which some call a "perfect" season or Eli Manning would become the SuperBowl MVP, and quarterback of the SuperBowl Champions - a year after his brother Peyton Manning had accomplished the same feat!!! I think that is awesome isn't it!?!! More on the Manning family below....
on a side note....The New York Giants actually play in New Jersey.... the more east you go in New Jersey - the border between New York and New Jersey seems to be non existent! New York uses our land for their professional teams --- and they take claim over Ellis Island (where the Statue of Liberty rests) even though that is officially New Jersey's island! (yeap it's true! It's all over their license plates, licenses, state symbols, but "we" own it) but ANYWAY.... haha as usual, I digress...
I loved looking up these pictures of Eli Manning - the SuperBowl MVP 2008 ....and Peyton Manning - the SuperBowl MVP 2007!!! Like deja vu huh? Isn't that an awesome story!?
Eli Manning - 2008:
Peyton Manning - 2007:
I really love sports! I have been meaning to do a blog on that and I will eventually --- but really it's one of the only positive things left on T.V. in my opinion (although I love House, and watched last night after the game!)....I love that sports are the only true, reality T.V. there will ever be. Nobody knows the winner until it's over and nobody can predict all that will happen. I love the stories of the people in the games!! I love the history of each franchise. I love the universal success principles the players/teams must follow to win. I love that there's a winner and a loser, a black and a white!! I love there's no room for mediocrity and that they don't ever change any rules to accomodate weakness or to make it 'easier'. If you're not tough enough, skilled enough, you won't win. I love all the life lessons it teaches to us.
I don't know what Raymond will choose to do or what skills he will have - but my guess is that it will be sports related, since he will grow up in a house full of sports -- watching them, playing them, reading about them, learning about the players and the principles they have applied in their lives to be successful. If the "crap" (sorry) on t.v. keeps getting worse and worse - sports will be the ONLY thing he's allowed to watch!
Sometimes before we watch a game ...to help get me fully interested instead of feeling I need to get up do laundry, do dishes, paint my nails, etc...Brandon will tell me a background story either of the team or a player, that will get me excited to watch the game - but this game he didn't need to do that. I knew the stories already so it was a great game to watch together!
I became intrigued by this family -- back to back SuperBowl champions and MVP's!! WOW! Can you imagine the pride that father must feel... the father (Archie) was also a professional football player. I would love to get a glimpse of what growing up in that family must have been like. What daily activities did they do all throughout their childhood to prepare for this? I wonder if back to back superbowl MVP's was in their dreams? Or was this victory WAY bigger than they could imagine? How many times did they feel their dream of being in the NFL was slipping away? What sort of struggles have they had to overcome? I bet they have a wonderful story - and I'd love to get a glimpse into it. I love winners!!! I will have to see if there's any books written about them!
Most people don't know there is another Manning - the oldest boy in the family. Cooper's dreams of being an NFL wide receiver were closed forever when he was diagnosed with spinal stenosis in 1992. I was thinking I wonder if he's jealous of his brothers...I wonder if his father still does a great job of showing him he's proud of him too... I wonder what his family relationships are like.....I wonder if he is negative ...or even talks to his brothers anymore? ....but then I found this article from 2004 http://www.sptimes.com/2004/11/07/Sports/The_other_Manning.shtml....
and I realized DUH Randi! Of course he doesn't have a victim mentality!!! Success is not a genetic trait, it's taught/learned....and all 3 of these boys were taught to be winners! I really like this article.
I think the Mannings are wonderful leaders and examples - I will have to look up some more info on them!
They are wonderful examples of how to use universal success principles in our daily lives to be victorious, to overcome and perservere.
My favorite thing is that ALL success princples come straight from the Bible!! More on this to come!!! :)
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