To The Kid On The End Of The Bench

Champions once sat

where you're sitting,

kid.

The Football Hall of Fame

(and every other Hall of Fame)

is filled with names of people

who sat, week after week,

without getting a spot of

mud on their well-laundered

uniforms.

Generals,

senators,

surgeons,

prize- winning novelists,

professors,

business executives

started on the end of

a bench, too.

Don't sit and study

your shoe tops.

Keep your eye on

the game.

Watch for defensive

lapses.

Look for offensive

opportunities.

If you don't think you're

in a great spot,

wait until you see how many

would like to take it away

from you at next spring

practice.

What you do from the bench

this season

could put you on the field

next season,

as a player,

or back in the grandstand

as a spectator.

A United TechnohJgies message as published in the wall.'\trL'L'tfoumal