My son and I had a chance to sit down with a truly wonderful individual this weekend on the way to a College hitting camp. We met this individual at a funeral last summer and he immediately took interest in my son since he knew my son was heavily involved in baseball. We spoke for about 15 minutes at the time and he invited us to stop in to visit next time we were in town, so we took him up on his offer this weekend.
The Gentleman I am talking about is Sam Webb. If you have never heard of him, this is truly someone who has done just about everything one can do in a number of sports, especially football and baseball. He essentially started the football program at Ferrum College back in 1955 and played baseball with the St Louis Cardinals organization in the late 40's as well as scouted for them later on. He has spent his entire life doing what he loves...being involved in sports in some way shape or form and he still is to this day.
The stories he shared were both fascinating and extremely valuable, especially at this stage of my sons life. One of the things I personally found most interesting was the fact that the advice he shared with my son was as relevant in the 40's when he was pursuing the goals he had set for himself as they are for our kids today. Hustle never has a day off...attitude is everything...work ethic..never let someone tell you that you can’t...etc etc. All the things you hear coaches and mentors talk about today in our very different society were the exact same things preached back then.
I can tell you opportunities to sit down with an individual like this and have him share his experiences don't come along often and he made quite an impact on not just me but more importantly, my son.
Like I said, just wanted to share what great experience we had with a truly special individual.
Here is a little bit about him.
http://ferrumfootball.blogspot...ootball-in-1955.html
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