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I detect a football theme this week. So let's continue.
Eddie George, the Heisman Trophy winner in 1995 and eight seasons Tennessee Titan, has a new gig. And it's on Broadway. He is playing Billy Flynn in Broadway's production of Chicago. For years George struggled to both find himself and re-invent himself post football, when the acting bug finally bit and fit. “I really enjoy getting on stage, moving myself and telling a story through a character’s eyes and to deliver that in an honest way. A lot of the stuff I was going through in terms of anxiety and fear and depression and doubt (after football), I channeled all that in to the arts,” he said. story
Principle in the type: "There are signs and gifts everywhere, particularly in setbacks, but you need to keep your eyes peeled. They come wrapped in missed opportunities, in unfulfilled promises and lost jobs. They come born out of disappointments you never saw coming and also in those you should have. But they bring you better things and take you to where you were meant to be. . . . Our setbacks bring us forward; we wander in the wilderness so the road can bring us home." Rob Lowe
Wow-what a story! Football to acting! It's nice, in a way, to hear that successful people (like Rob Lowe) struggle too and have to work through a lot to get where they're at. Cool story.
ReplyDeleteI know, right? Interesting story. Thanks for reading!
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