Coach Boone

So UVU has been doing things to celebrate Martin Luther King day. They had Coach Boone come speak. Coach Boone, for those of you who don't know, is the coach off of Remember the Titans. He was the coach that lead the Titans to a win! It was way cool to see him in person! At first I didn't think I could go because I had a class but when I got to class today my professor told us that we were going because it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. His speech was pretty much AWESOME! First of all he said: "I told the team to become friends right now! Now there is a difference in right now and how we in the south say it is rate now. The difference is that Right now means do it whenever you get a chance. But rate now means do it so fast the Lord won't know what you did until next week." I was laughing so hard. He also told us that he told his team that the world would be watching them and they looked at him like sure they will. He said so I told them a story about a watch dog which goes a little something like this (This might not be word for word): A robber broke into a families house and started to take their heirlooms when he heard: "Hey robber, Jesus is watching." He looked around and didn't see anybody so he kept taking things when he heard: "Hey fool! Jesus is watching!" He shined the light into a corner and saw a bird and he asked the bird: "Are you talking to me?" and the bird said: "Ya." and the robber said: "What is your name?" and the bird said: "Moses." and the robber said "What fool would name a bird Moses?" and the bird said: "The same fool that name that watchdog Jesus." He tied this into that the community and world was watching his team so they better stick together and show what they believe in. He also told his team that you don't have to like each other I am not asking you that but you do have to respect each other. I could go on and on about things he said but to close when he first got there he said: "Usually Denzel and I do these motivational talks together but he couldn't come today. So he wanted me to tell you that he is a three time academy award winner but guess what you guys got the more good looking one out of the two so be grateful for that."