Years ago the Florida State University football team recruited a place kicker named Scott Brantley. Brantley lived in Colorado and was considered the premier high school place kicker in the country at the time.

According to a report in Sports Illustrated one of the Florida State coaches asked Brantley how he would react if, in the biggest game of the year on the opening kickoff against Miami the only player they sent out on the field was himself, leaving the other ten players on the sidelines.

Brantley thought for a moment and then replied, “If I couldn’t kick it out of the end zone, I’d make the tackle.” (1)

That’s determination. If he was the only Florida State player on the field, he would kick it out of the end zone or he would go against the entire Miami team to make the tackle.

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