Contagious Enthusiasm

They are positive thinkers, they are enthusiastic and that enthusiasm rubs off!

We are coming off of my favorite sports weekend of the entire year: March Madness! Honestly, who out there had VCU and Richmond in the Sweet Sixteen? But with all the talk of Bracket Busters and Cinderella teams, nothing that happened this weekend compares to my favorite springtime basketball story which occurred on a far smaller stage five years ago. It started at a high school in upstate New York, where a very unlikely hero emerged in the sectionals championship — and then went on to do something even GREATER after the game was over.

What Off-Season?

They are always working towards the next game…

It’s one the most memorable scenes in one of Hollywood’s most memorable movies. A large African-American teenager named Michael Oher is walking down the street, hunched over against the cold, when an affluent family in a silver BMW pulls up next to him. The mother, played wonderfully in the movie by Sandra Bullock, asks where he is headed. It is the scene where everything changes — for the young man, for the family, and for the tremendous story that unfolds in The Blind Side.

But as poignant a moment as that was, it didn’t adequately shed light on what made Michael Oher GREAT.