Dear Readers: Somehow, it is January again, which means it’s time for my once-in-a-blue-moon pitch for contributions to the Hubbell Pew. The idea is very simple: if you read the blog regularly (or even semi-regularly, or even occasionally), please consider making a small contribution to the operation of the website. In making this pitch, I’m…
How You Are Remembered
I listened the other day to a football coach giving a motivational talk before the last game of the year. He said, “How you perform tonight will be how you are remembered.” I know his intentions were to encourage his team to play they’re very best, and I’m sure the athletes took it that way,…
Nothing
There a silly commercial on TV trying to convince you how easy it is to do one’s tax returns. A Nobel laureate tries to educate a young man that zero means nothing. It got me thinking after it aired about the hundredth time. Sometimes one can feel empty, feel like there is nothing left to…
Not How I Roll
(Author’s note: Please forgive my shameless plug for my new book — “A Game of Inches”). In the book and at a press conference, Micki Lawrence asks the press corp to forgive her for not being more forthcoming. She says, “It’s just not how I roll.” For over ten years now and close to 1500…
Focus
My Razorbacks often start a game focused and concentrating on the job at hand, but as the opening excitement wears off, a penalty occurs, a busted assignment blows up a play, or a ball is dropped. Soon the game becomes a slugfest and coaches and players have to work very hard for every yard and…