Ayers ignores the advice and then learns that Walsh won’t invite him back to training camp…. But now it’s 1987 and Coach Bill Walsh is advising John Ayers to retire. A third quick step and he crouches like one power forward denying another access to the hoop. Another quick step, back and left, and it’s 1986, and he’s injured and on the sidelines when the Giants send Joe Montana to the hospital and the 49ers home on the way to their own Super Bowl victory…. He’s stepping into 1985, when the turf will be fast and he won’t be able to deal with Lawrence Taylor…. And as he slides, he steps to meet his future. The ball is snapped and John Ayers sees Taylor coming, and slides quickly back one step and to his left. But to the few who knew, and watched, it was a thing of beauty. “What John Ayers was doing seemed routine. ― Michael Lewis, quote from The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game And maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have some, too.” I think that's what the writer was saying, that you should hope for courage and try for honor. If you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good. It's who you are and maybe who you want to be. But honor, that's the real reason for you either do something or you don't. Should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why you're doing something. Didn't at least one of the six hundred guys think about giving up, and joining with the other side? I mean, valley of death that's pretty salty stuff. It all depends on who you are, where you come from.
Maybe they know best, but maybe they don't. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake, but you're not supposed to question adults, or your coach or your teacher, because they make the rules.
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