Gale Sayers is a pro football hall of fame inductee and my go-to source of motivation.
Watch the highlight reel above. He’s got an almost supernatural grace. Time and again he absolutely should have been tackled to the ground, only to run another 40 yards. He disappears into a crowd of players and emerges, sprinting, from the mess. His speed is super-human.
It’s his elegance that stuns me. Gale weaves in and out of defenders and linemen as if his brain is five steps ahead of his body. There’s no time for calculation, he just reacts. It’s incredible. At the 2:04 mark, he actually comes to a full stop behind the line and then runs 60 yards for a touchdown.
It doesn’t matter if you dislike football. There’s a power in watching someone truly excel at something. When I watch this footage of Gale, I want to write better, work harder, attack the day’s to-dos, make my kids feel special. In fact, I watch it several times per week.
Hats off to Gale. You were the best ever.
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