Nick Saban, the coach of the University of Alabama football
team insists on only the best from his players. Those players who do not play to their best level of ability
are asked to sit down and others are brought forward to replace them. Saban’s players almost unanimously
credit him with teaching them how to be men and how to approach the rest of
their lives after football.
One of the things which Saban teaches the young men is to
approach each event as if it is the most important event ever. He uses the example of the professional
basketball player, Michael Jordan.
Saban has said of Jordan that “It doesn’t matter how many game-winning shots
he’s made in the past. The only
one that matters is the one he’s about to take.”
I have spoken in the past that Christians should approach their
lives as a quest for excellence for God. This is what the layman cook and shoe
repairer, Brother Lawrence, did.
When he washed dishes, he washed the dishes for God. When he repaired the sole of a shoe, he
repaired the shoe for God.
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do,
do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31
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