The Blue Jay basketball team had the privilege of listening to Stanford Head Football Coach Jim Harbaugh today before practice began. Coach Harbaugh, in Liberty to recruit senior Marcus Lucas, spoke to the team for about 10 minutes. His topic...togetherness and team play.
In an era in which society sees athletes do so much 'self-promoting' after dunks, homeruns, and touchdowns, he challenges his Stanford Cardinal team to do something different; celebrate the team. In watching the Cardinal play, they are in it for each other. In a national tv game verses Notre Dame on Saturday, Heisman candidate Toby Gerhart rushed for 205 yards and 3 touchdowns. In the interview immediately after the game, he didn't take any credit for his outstanding performance. Credit was given to his offensive line. He could not have accomplished what he did without his teammates and he quickly gave acknowledgement to them over himself.
Harbaugh also mentioned the Bible verse of Proverbs 27:17. "As irons sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." His point was at the right angle iron can sharpen iron, but at the wrong angle it can dull itself. Such is the case with a team. Being the best teammate you can be will only help the team become better and achieve its potential.
Junior guard Jordan Lewis commented about hearing Coach Harbaugh's words. "His talk about being a team was really motivating and taught me a lot about how to make my teammates better in practice and in games." Austin Weese, junior forward, also said the following, "We need to hit our swords in the same direction to sharpen them, meaning on the court we have to all be on the same page in order to be great. We need to lift each other up!"
Coach Harbaugh was given a Liberty Basketball 'WE>me' t-shirt as a thank you for taking the time to speak with the Jays.
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