The National Football League Conference Championships will be played on Sunday. It’s down to the final four teams. They’ve fought through 17 games in 18 weeks, two rounds of playoffs, and now the big prize, the chance to go to the Super Bowl.
All four teams have a lot on the line, but the hard work to get here didn’t begin today or yesterday, it began years ago. We all face our own competition, our own challenges. Competition is a word that has a lot of different meanings.
Here’s what it means to me.
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Wonderful. 👍🏻😊
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The third quote was my Dad’s favourite. He quoted it often 🙂💕
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Ha, ha, I hope I brought back a good memory. Have a great weekend!
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Yes you really and truly did, Brian 🙂 You have a good weekend too!
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First quote is my favorite Brian!
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Saturday morning inspirations! Thanks, Brian! 😊😊😊
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My favourite quote is the first one. I don’t know how you layer your quotes so neatly on top of your images, but it’s very clever and effective. Thanks, Brian.
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Thanks Ellie, I’ve been lucky to work with some really great designers, I wish I had their skills. I just try to combine something that makes sense and looks half-way decent. I’m a word guy, but even I know that a picture says a 1,000 words!!! Ha, ha.
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Really like the Emmit quote but I could be biased. love Emmit
I’m ready for a night of football and tacos.
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Aww, c’mon on Belladonna, please don’t tell me you root for the Cowboys too . . . Ha, ha, I’m from outside Philly, we’re not too fond of the Cowboys and Emmitt back in the day always seemed to beat the Eagles. I loved, loved the way he played the game. He always so classy and gave his all. I’ve always liked this quote too. Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!
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Oh heck no!!! 🤣🤣🤣 But I feel the same as you about Emmit. I respect him but now the cowboys 😂
Great wins tonight!
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Yes, a fun night for the Eagles and some dumb luck for the 49ers. We’ll see about the next step, not going to be easy. KC is really good.
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49ers can’t keep a QB, that was tough and man I felt bad for the call at the end of the KC AND Bengals. I bet the lineman is still on the bench crying 🥹 that was hard to see. Poor guy
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I felt bad for the way it ended too. It was the right call by the refs but hate to see a costly mistake. Hopefully they can do what you write about …. Pick themselves back up, learn from their failures, get reenergized, and make it back to the conf championship and ultimately the Super Bowl. I’m not a bengals fan but I’ll be rooting for them next year.
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Thank you for saying that.
I’ll be rooting for them as well Brian. Gotta move on. I matter how difficult it may be
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Fantastic quotes! Remind of Churchill’s “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
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Exactly Endless! Always loved that Churchill quote!
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Wooden’s quote is so good Brian because it proves how everything is in our minds; literally. We create obstacles, competition and resistance with fear and dissolve by facing our fears, again and again. The greatest winners in every sport, the Jordan’s and Brady’s and the like, conquered the most fears, outworked everyone else and kept winning because their minds were so incredibly strong, which then reflected through their bodies. Inspired post here.
Ryan
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Wooden has so much to offer, so many great lines and ways of thinking about leadership. And you’re right about the great winners …. In both nfl games, I kept coming back to examples of how the biggest winner wasn’t the most talented, but the team that conquered their fears and played the smartest. Thanks Ryan!
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