When people think of great quarterback a few names come to mind such as Joe Montana, Joe Namath, and Dan Marino. Dan Marino holds many of the great recorders held in his position. Even though he never won the ring he always wanted Born Daniel Constantine Marino JR., born on September 15, 1961. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the western part of the state. Dan grew up in Parkview Avenue in the south Oakland section of Pittsburgh. With his father Dan senior, his mother veronica, and two younger sisters. His father grew up there and his grandfather came form Pittsburgh from Italy. His father drove a truck for the Pittsburgh Press newspaper. And often worked as a landscaper part time. He got Dan involved with sports young. Dan's Father helped make the perfect release that we all know about today. His father would tell young Dan throws it from your ear. His dad would hit grounder at him or throw the football. Raising an all pro is what he was doing. He showed great skills at a young age and a powerful arm. In fourth grade is when Dan's talent began to blossom. Although Dan was a great athlete school was another thing. His graders were bad and he was not to smart. He went to St. Regis School, which was located directly across from his home. He attended High school at Central Catholic High school. His strong arm and his love for competition helped him become a leader on the football field as well as on the baseball field. Dan became a young start at his school. As a freshmen ands sophomore he was back up varsity quarterback. Then his junior year he when he began to shine in the pocket. He broke every passing record at his school. He was also punter and place kicker for his team. His senior year he was named to the high school all American team by Parade Magazine. Mean while Dan's rifle arm also impressed many baseball scouts. The Cincinnati Reds clocked his fastball at 92 miles per/hour. He a; so had a batting average of .550 and had a record of 25-1 his senior year as a pitcher. Marino high school number was the infamous number 13 which he wore though his career.
Roger played baseball in the American Legion program during the summers, since the North Dakota high schools with the cold weather did not have a program. He led his American Legion team to the state championship. With his excellent speed, Roger was a standout in football as well. In one game against Devil's Lake his senior year, he scored four touchdowns on kickoff returns to set a national high school record.
Ever since that day he has been a quarterback after his dad put him as one, and scored 4
was one of the 3 highest paid players EVER in the American League and he was
school. It was a wonder that he got into Notre Dame with his high school record.
...orts. He set firsts for some things and re-iterated others. He is still a very large contributing influence in the football world today. He is currently a NFL analyzer. He is very smart and knowledgeable. But he didn't get to where he is now without struggle. Power and fame almost ruined him. Yet he was able to bounce back and use his experience to learn from and shape his future and create a positive outcome. He made it positive not only for himself but for others as well. He set his goals and was determined. One thing
Baseball statistics are meant to be a representation of a player’s talent. Since baseball’s inception around the mid-19th century, statistics have been used to interpret the talent level of any given player, however, the statistics that have been traditionally used to define talent are often times misleading. At a fundamental level, baseball, like any game, is about winning. To win games, teams have to score runs; to score runs, players have to get on base any way they can. All the while, the pitcher and the defense are supposed to prevent runs from scoring. As simplistic as this view sounds, the statistics being used to evaluate individual players were extremely flawed. In an attempt to develop more specific, objective forms of statistical analysis, the idea of Sabermetrics was born. Bill James, a man who never played or coached professional baseball, is often credited as a pioneer in the field and for coining the name as homage to the Society of American Baseball Research, or SABR. Eventually, the use of Sabermetrics became widespread in the Major Leagues, the first team being the Oakland Athletics, as depicted in Moneyball. Bill James and other baseball statisticians have developed various methods of evaluating a player performance that allow for a more objective view of the game, broadly defined as Sabermetrics.
of a run lower than Chicago’s. Even though the Reds were a great team, they were by no means a
714 career home runs, had 2,209 career RBI's, and 2,873 total hits, all in only
...f a team and a legend”). He also became highly known for giving inspirational advice to players and helping the players not only on the field, in addition to off the field. One of his famous quotes. “The spirit, the will to win and the will to excel… These are the qualities that are so much more important than any of the events themselves” (Mckerley, 15).
They said he could give it a shot but warned him that there was a chance he wasn’t gonna make it. He went to the tryout and tried his hardest the next day at school the started announcing the players who had made it as the were going through the names he was very
He was very intelligent and was in a program for the gifted students during his elementary years in school. He was said to be a shy child and loved basketball. All his traits as a child also make everyone wonder about his actions, and begin to really look back to the question. In his ninth ...
walks and he would foul off pitch after pitch. Because of his many foul tips, he became
When he first started varsity he was a sophomore during the first few games, Reggie thought this kid still has a lot to learn. “Peyton wore number fourteen his dad's number when he played football then that changed when Peyton’s older brother Cooper was diagnosed with spinal stenosis and Peyton started wearing number eighteen” (Hyman). Peyton went on putting up numbers that shocked a lot of people they knew Peyton was a powerhouse he passed over 7,202 yards and 92 touchdowns Newman had a record of 34-5. Over all Peyton learned a lot when he was in school, he knew school was important, he got good grades so he could focus on sports but all around he worked for what he
Starting out at a young age he never knew that one day he would be such a
The athlete and really the sport overall I chose to focus on throughout the course of this paper is the football player and the mindset in which he operates, while in what seems to become his natural environment and other factors which may alter that mindset in a positive or negative way. Having experience as a football player from my youth until present day helps to really analyze the mindset and thinking of this specific athlete and express through experiences my thoughts and feelings concerning my research found. Paul Bear Bryant a very well-known and respected coach for many years in the college football world once said, “When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don’t repeat it.” This quote is an excellent example of football psychology and the type of thinking a football player must have, which is also helpful to have off the field. Mistakes are going to happen, learn from them and get better. Football is all about training the mind, which alters the behavior on the field.