(From the Vermont Writes Day Challenge, Jefferson)
This is the story of Tom, a man who has given his life to football.
Tom grew up as a pretty normal boy, with a very strong arm and a hatred for losing. It became apparent that the sport Tom was best at was football. He was given a full scholarship to play quarterback at Michigan.
When Tom was in college he struggled, and at times it was debated if he should start as quarterback. Tom put down these doubts by working harder than anyone else, but was drafted by a team who already had a good quarterback very late in the NFL Draft. Tom was a backup for his team for a year, but late in his second season, the starting quarterback got hurt. Tom made the most of his chance in the NFL, and won the Super Bowl in his first year. In one of the playoff games in that year, it appeared that Tom had fumbled the ball, and the Patriots had lost the game. But according to a new rule, the game went on because it was ruled as an incomplete pass.
The next year he was the starter, but was anything but satisfied with where he was. Tom had been working harder than anybody, and won two of the next three Super Bowls. Ten years later, Tom was down by ten points in the last quarter of the Super Bowl and took the lead. When the other team had the ball, they had a great chance to score, but the quarterback threw an interception at the goal line and Tom had his fourth Super Bowl. Two years later, Tom came back from twenty-five points behind in the last quarter of the game to tie the game. The game went into overtime, and his team guessed the coin flip correctly to have the ball first in overtime. He did not waste any time by scoring a touchdown on the first drive of overtime and winning the game.
Tom may have been famous for a few chances of luck he has had in his career. People outside of his fans hate him for his lucky moments. What those people forget is the thousands of hours of work Tom has put in for each of his lucky moments. Whenever Tom hit a road block in his life, he responded by working harder. In order to be lucky, we must all work hard. Good luck to the Patriots on Sunday!
ED Note: And we all know what happened on Sunday! Tom Brady and the Patriots beat the Rams, 13-3, for a sixth Super Bowl title!
This is the story of Tom, a man who has given his life to football.
Tom grew up as a pretty normal boy, with a very strong arm and a hatred for losing. It became apparent that the sport Tom was best at was football. He was given a full scholarship to play quarterback at Michigan.
When Tom was in college he struggled, and at times it was debated if he should start as quarterback. Tom put down these doubts by working harder than anyone else, but was drafted by a team who already had a good quarterback very late in the NFL Draft. Tom was a backup for his team for a year, but late in his second season, the starting quarterback got hurt. Tom made the most of his chance in the NFL, and won the Super Bowl in his first year. In one of the playoff games in that year, it appeared that Tom had fumbled the ball, and the Patriots had lost the game. But according to a new rule, the game went on because it was ruled as an incomplete pass.
The next year he was the starter, but was anything but satisfied with where he was. Tom had been working harder than anybody, and won two of the next three Super Bowls. Ten years later, Tom was down by ten points in the last quarter of the Super Bowl and took the lead. When the other team had the ball, they had a great chance to score, but the quarterback threw an interception at the goal line and Tom had his fourth Super Bowl. Two years later, Tom came back from twenty-five points behind in the last quarter of the game to tie the game. The game went into overtime, and his team guessed the coin flip correctly to have the ball first in overtime. He did not waste any time by scoring a touchdown on the first drive of overtime and winning the game.
Tom may have been famous for a few chances of luck he has had in his career. People outside of his fans hate him for his lucky moments. What those people forget is the thousands of hours of work Tom has put in for each of his lucky moments. Whenever Tom hit a road block in his life, he responded by working harder. In order to be lucky, we must all work hard. Good luck to the Patriots on Sunday!
ED Note: And we all know what happened on Sunday! Tom Brady and the Patriots beat the Rams, 13-3, for a sixth Super Bowl title!
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kfolley
Feb 01, 2019
I like the fact that Tom is unidentified at first, but Patriot fans soon recognize the Tom of whom you write. In a succinct way, you describe his very famous career, and I do think that part of people not liking him is his “luck.” Pats fan fans know, he is harder working than just pIain lucky.