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| | Gridirons and virtues | The-Tidings.com |
 | | I think, for example, of the late John Unitas, quarterback of the Baltimore (yes, Baltimore) Colts when I was growing up. |
 | | Unitas, who invented the two-minute drill, put the NFL on the national sports map by driving the Colts downfield to tie the New York Giants at the end of regulation time in the 1958 championship - which the Colts later won in overtime, in what's often called The Greatest Game Ever Played. |
 | | John Unitas was no philosopher, but he lived the truth that athletic excellence - finely-honed natural talent, courage, and teamwork; hard, repetitive practice followed by precise execution when you had one, and only one, chance to make things work just right - is really a matter of virtue. |
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