A Passion for Sports
While I religiously listen to ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning, I am hardly a sports radio junkie. Until ESPN took over a local am radio station, sports radio in Philadelphia had been dominated by 610 WIP, a station that is, well, garbage (with the exception of Glen Macnow, this is). From time to time, however, I will listen to Mike Missanelli, an ex-WIP host that shared airtime with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith in their New York market, who is now back in Philly on ESPN's Philadelphia radio station. On Wednesday, he discussed a one-man play that he attended the previous evening, Philly Fan. The play chronicles the life of the Philadelphia sports fan, ultimately revealing that we have a huge chip on our shoulders due to our history of passion coupled with an even longer history of failures.
Philadelphia is arguably the most passionate sports town in the United States. We rabidly cheer those athletes whom deserve it, and boo those who we feel deserve it more (who we feel deserve it is key here). We have a reputation for turning our backs on our own players and teams at the drop of a hat, but ultimately, we love them. Well, most of them. Some of them we run right of town undeservingly.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
There is very little in life that we can control. I have learned through my time, that if you do everything in your power to be prepared and approach things with the right attitude, things will usually work out in your favor. There are always exceptions to this rule, however, but in most cases, I've found it to be true. There have been times in the past, and most recently, this week, where I did not adequately prepare myself for a task and approached it with the wrong attitude. To say that I failed miserably would be an understatement; my attitude and approach totally bit me in the ass. It's not that the incompletion of the task is a big deal; I'll be able to do it again. It's the way that I handled the situation that is eating me up inside. All I can ensure is that this brief lapse of character doesn't happen again.
