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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 684433, member: 289"] I remember reading an long article on Johnnie that implied that he wasn't really that fascinated with football but saw it as a means of making a lot of money. My Mom knew Mandell Robinson, (she was a teacher at his high schools) and had said the same thing about him- he wasn't really passionate about football but saw it as the route to riches. That's not enough. it's a highly competitive, demanding profession and you've got to have a burning desire to succeed and excel to make it big. I think there are a lot of guys like Mandell and Johnny who are blessed with athletic bodies and maybe even talents specific to a game who don't make it big because they just don't have that burning desire. If there is a God, I think he has a sense of humor. He often gifts people with capabilities in areas they don't care about. [/QUOTE]