Chapter 39. The Final Lesson
During the funeral, Martin opened and looked at his playbook. However, he didn't need to read it to know the final lesson. And he didn't need Coach Ken to teach it to him with his words. It was a lesson that Coach Ken had already taught him by the way he lived his life. Martin knew that The Best make everyone around them Better.
The Best Make Everyone Around them Better
Martin realized that for all the lessons he learned from Coach Ken, the most powerful lesson was Coach himself. Martin looked at Coach Ken's casket as reality began to sink in.
No one is going to live forever, and the outcome for all of us eventually leads to a funeral. "So what's the point?" he asked himself. And a small voice spoke to his heart and told him that the point is to strive to be your best and inspire others to be their best, because it's in the striving where you find greatness, not in the outcome. After all, even if you become the best in the world at what you do, it's short lived. Eventually someone will come along who is better. Being the best doesn't last. But the person you become and the impact you have on others are timeless.
Martin reasoned that in the debate of whether or not God cared about who won and lost football games or whether God cared about sports at all, he determined ...
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