Super Bowl Sunday

Happy Super Bowl Sunday. You know, I'm pretty sure that there are many players in the Super Bowl today, who have been fathered by great people. But today, I am focusing on a rookie who plays for the Denver Broncos and starts in today's game. I don't have a lot of information on his past life, but I was reading this article and randomly, just out of nowhere, the article mentions his father because it was a direct quote from him. I mean, it talks about his previous work, and how he decided to go to college, and then all of a sudden, BAM!

During that conversation, Williams spoke about his childhood, his siblings and his dad. "He said, 'Do you know when the happiest times of my life were?'" Davis recalled. "He said, 'When I was 12, my dad wanted to get us out of the projects. He bought an old, condemned, dilapidated farmhouse across the river in Illinois. We'd scrape the paint off, fix some of the windows.' He said they worked on this house for six or seven months. A week before we moved in, it burned to the ground." - As reported to us by Eric Adelson from Yahoo! Sports.

Let's read it again, shall we: "...the happiest times of my life..."

I mean, here's this guy who grew up in Jefferson City, MO, and worked in the factory making $400 per week. But get this: "His day-to-day motivation was to be like his dad." 

Need I say more? 

After he entered college at the University of North Carolina, the Broncos decided to offer him a four-year $7.6 million agreement in his junior season. Now, Williams is in his first year in the NFL, and he's in Super Bowl XLVIII. 

All I'm trying to say is that when fathers do their jobs, their children usually get the message. They appreciate the hard-work, the sacrifices and the love that they receive, indirectly. They tend to learn the work ethic and they thrive in what they do as adults. 

Great dads bring great stories. Mr. Sylvester Williams Sr., I salute you.