Obviously, there have been several news stories posted today with presidential controversy, foreign relations, etc. However, one that struck me with special interest was a story about the reaction of the Ohio State football team to their rejection from the college national championship playoffs. The article starts by presenting senior linebacker Chris Worley, trying to keep calm after the fact of OSU not being selected for the playoffs. He's trying to listen to music, despite his phone blowing up and his parents ranting to him about how they should've selected his team. Instead of getting mad with them, however, Worley attempts to calm them all down by just telling them to relax and that his team was in a good position and was going to face a good team in the cotton bowl game. What Worley said next to a reporter was what really gained my interest:
"So the biggest thing, situations like this, a lot of people, they harp on the negatives, but they don't realize the blessings that God has put in front of them. I was trying to get him to realize that he's blessed, his son is blessed to be in this position. And whatever comes out the other side of it, the only thing we can do is fight."
That's what got my attention, his use of personal perseverance on others. Just by telling his friends and family that he was fine with his current conditions and giving a specific reason for them caused everyone to calm down with him. This then rubbed off on Worley's coach, Urban Meyer, who knew that his team was capable and could have made a great contender for the championship. As Urban was talking to the press about how he knew this was true, Worley was in the back. This caused Meyer to focus on not this little decision, but the big picture which allowed him to show the press his calm side on the subject and that the team was still a great team regardless of what a boardroom had to say. This spoke volumes to me, and showed me that even in the hardest of time there is still the ability to push through it.
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